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siouan

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1885, from Sioux + -an . Replacing Dakotan .

Usage examples of siouan.

On the whole, the speech of the Siouan stock may be said to have been fairly developed, and may, with the Algonquian, Iroquoian, and Shoshonean, be regarded as typical for the portion of North America lying north of Mexico.

Algonquian, Athapascan, Iroquoian, Shoshonean, Siouan, and others of more limited extent.

Ceremonial objects were common, the most conspicuous being the calumet, carved out of the sacred pipestone or catlinite quarried for many generations in the midst of the Siouan territory.

While the Pony Express is defying deserts, savages and sidewinders, Tristero's giving its employees crash courses in Siouan and Athapascan dialects.