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Otoe-Missouria Language

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The Otoe language was first encountered in Nebraska and Iowa. The Missouria joined the Otoe at the end of the 18th century. Otoe-Missouria and Iowa (Ioway) are members of the Chiwere branch of the Siouan-Catawban language family.

Selected Language Information

Daily, Truman. 1970. Oto Words: 12p. Unpublished manuscript for language class study.

Daily, Truman and Jill D. Hopkins 1992. Native American Church Songs of the Otoe-Missouria and Ioway. Proceedings of the 1992 Mid-American Linguistics Conference and Conference on Siouan – Caddoan Languages, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.

Good Tracks, Jimm G. 1972. Pagranaha Wawagaxe: A First Book, An Introduction to the IowaOtoe Indian Language. Topeka, KS: Indian Center of Topeka.

Good Tracks, Jimm G. 1992. Baxoje-Jiwere-Nyut’aji- Ma’unke: Iowa-Otoe-Missouria language. Boulder, CO: Center for the Study of the Languages of the Plains and Southwest, Department of Linguistics, University of Colorado.

Whitman, William. 1947. Descriptive Grammar of Ioway-Otoe. International Journal of American Linguistics Vol. 13: 233-48.

Sample Archival Materials in the Native American Languages Collection

Links

Otoe-Missouria Language Program

Otoe Language Lessons

Ioway, Otoe-Missuria Language Website

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