Nawathinehena language
Extinct Algonquian language
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Nawathinehena is an extinct Algonquian language formerly spoken among the Arapaho. It had a phonological development quite different from either Gros Ventre or Arapaho proper. It has been identified as the former language of the Southern Arapaho, who switched to speaking Arapaho proper in the 19th century. However, the language is not well attested, being documented only in a vocabulary collected in 1899 by Alfred L. Kroeber from the Oklahoma Arapaho.
| Nawathinehena | |
|---|---|
| Nawathi'nehena, nawaθiʔnehena | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | Oklahoma |
| Ethnicity | Nawathi'neha/Southern Arapaho |
| Era | attested 1899[1] |
Algic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nwa |
| Glottolog | nawa1259 |
Phonology
While it shares many important phonological innovations with Arapaho, it presents the merger of *r, *θ and *s with *t as t instead of n as in Arapaho, a sound change reminiscent of Blackfoot and Cheyenne.[2][3] PA *w changes to m instead of merging with *r, *s and *n as n.[citation needed]
Vocabulary
Some numbers of the Nawathinehena language:
| Nawathinehena | English |
|---|---|
| tcäⁿcinaha’ | one |
| nīsähä’ | two |
| nahaha | three |
| niabaha’ | four |
| niotanähä’ | five |
| neixθioti | six |
| nīciotaⁿ | seven |
| nexiotähähäⁿ | eight |
| cioxtähähäⁿ | nine |
| maxtoxtanähäⁿ | ten |