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Arapahoan | |
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Geographic distribution | United States |
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Algic
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Glottolog | arap1273 |
The Arapahoan languages are a subgroup of the Plains group of Algonquian languages: Nawathinehena, Arapaho, and Gros Ventre.
Nawathinehena is extinct and Arapaho and Gros Ventre are both endangered. [1] [2]
Besawunena, attested only from a word list collected by Kroeber, differs only slightly from Arapaho, but a few of its sound changes resemble those seen in Gros Ventre. It had speakers among the Northern Arapaho as recently as the late 1920s. [ citation needed]
Nawathinehena is also attested only from a word list collected by Kroeber, and was the most divergent language of the group. [ citation needed] [3]
Another reported Arapahoan variety is the extinct Ha'anahawunena, but there is no documentation of it.[ citation needed]
The Glottolog database classifies the Arapahoan languages as follows: [4]