Kansa
Kaáⁿze
Kansa was a Siouan language once spoken in United States.
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Kansa (native name: Kaáⁿze Íe), sometimes known as Kaw or Kanza, is a Siouan-Catawban language of the Dhegihan group once spoken by the Kaw people of Oklahoma. Vice President Charles Curtis spoke Kansa as a child. The last mother-tongue speaker, Walter Kekahbah, died in 1983.
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Words in Kansa
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | wak'ó | |
| person | nikaSiga* | |
| name | jaje* | |
| eye | iSta* | |
| ear | natha* | |
| nose | pha* | |
| tooth | hi* | |
| tongue | leze* | |
| hand | nabe* | |
| blood | wabi* | |
| bone | wah3* | |
| skin | baxabe* | |
| knee | Siyaje* | |
| breast | baze* | |
| liver | Ceph3* | |
| water | ni | |
| fire | pheje* | |
| sun | mi* | |
| star | mikhake* | |
| stone | i* | |
| mountain | bado* | |
| tree | ja* | |
| leaf | jayabe* | |
| night | ha* | |
| dog | Sohiga* | |
| fish | ho | |
| louse | he* | |
| one | mixCi* | |
| two | noba* | |
| I | a |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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- QuapawSiouan54% alike
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- Omaha-PoncaSiouan49% alike
- AssiniboineSiouan33% alike
- Iowa-OtoSiouan33% alike
- StoneySiouan30% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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