Ho-Chunk
Ho-Chunk is a Siouan language spoken in United States. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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The Ho-Chunk language (Hoocąk, Hocąk), also known as Winnebago, is the language of the Ho-Chunk people of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. The language is part of the Siouan language family and is closely related to other Chiwere Siouan dialects, including those of the Iowa, Missouria, and Otoe.
"Winnebago", a name now used for the Ho-Chunk who were forcibly removed to Nebraska, is an exonym, an Anglicization of the Sauk and Fox word Oinepegi. The anglicized form of the endonym is "Ho-Chunk".
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Words in Ho-Chunk
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| friend | hicakoro | |
| eye | hišjasu | |
| ear | nąącawa | |
| nose | paa | |
| tooth | hiipe | |
| hand | nąąp | |
| head | nąąsu | |
| knee | huuporo | |
| water | nįį | |
| night | hąąhe | |
| one | hižąkiira | |
| two | nųųp | |
| three | taanį | |
| four | joop | |
| five | saacą | |
| ten | kerepąną | |
| I | né | |
| who | peežega | |
| honey | heezik taanįžu | |
| banana | ceerap | |
| potato | too | |
| tomato | wažąširiširik | |
| apple | kšee | |
| orange | wažązi | |
| hello | hinįkaraginʼ | |
| yes | hąąhąʼa | |
| red | šuuc | |
| black | seep |
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- AssiniboineSiouan31% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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