Kickapoo
metotheeneniaatoweeheni
Kickapoo is an Algic language spoken in United States and Mexico. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Kickapoo (endonym: Metotheeneniaatoweeheni) is either a dialect of the Fox language or a closely related language, closely related to, and mutually intelligible with, the dialects spoken by the Sauk people and Meskwaki people. Their language is included in the Central Algonquian languages subgroup of the Algonquian languages family, itself a member of the Algic language family.
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Words in Kickapoo
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ike* | |
| name | i8on* | |
| eye | skisekw* | |
| ear | htakay* | |
| nose | hkian* | |
| tooth | ipit* | |
| tongue | inani* | |
| hand | nek* | |
| blood | meskw* | |
| bone | hkan* | |
| skin | a8ay* | |
| knee | Cikwan* | |
| breast | nonakan* | |
| liver | hkon* | |
| water | nepi | |
| fire | oskote* | |
| sun | kise8w* | |
| star | anakw* | |
| stone | a8eny* | |
| mountain | makwaki* | |
| tree | metekw* | |
| leaf | otopakw* | |
| night | pekote* | |
| dog | ə́nɛ̏mwə̏ | |
| fish | meme8* | |
| louse | apikw* | |
| one | nekoti* | |
| two | nisen* | |
| I | nina* | |
| you | kina* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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