Mandan
Mandan was a Siouan language once spoken in United States.
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Mandan (endonym: Núu'etaa íroo) is an extinct language native to the Mandan people of North Dakota in the United States, primarily spoken on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in the north-west of the state. It is a member of the Siouan language family, and has two main dialects: Núu’etaa/Nuu’etaare and Rúptaa/Rúptaare.
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Words in Mandan
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | mihe | |
| name | ras* | |
| eye | istawi* | |
| ear | rakox* | |
| nose | paxu* | |
| tooth | hi* | |
| tongue | resik* | |
| hand | uk* | |
| blood | ir* | |
| bone | hur* | |
| skin | oropxi* | |
| knee | supax* | |
| breast | ek* | |
| liver | pi7r* | |
| water | mini | |
| fire | wrar* | |
| sun | wirak* | |
| star | xkek* | |
| stone | wi7r* | |
| mountain | xar* | |
| tree | wra* | |
| leaf | ap* | |
| night | istu* | |
| dog | wris* | |
| fish | po* | |
| louse | pe* | |
| one | waxra* | |
| two | rup* | |
| I | wiSak* | |
| you | riSak* |
* 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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