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Language family that includes Crow and Lakota
Answer for the clue "Language family that includes Crow and Lakota ", 6 letters:
siouan
Alternative clues for the word siouan
- Dakota Indian
- Indian language family
- Language that gave us the word "catawba"
- Crow language family
- Winnebago, e.g
- Dakota's language family
- Iowa, for one
- A member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains
- Red Cloud, for one
Word definitions for siouan in dictionaries
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.