Cheyenne is spoken in southeastern Montana and western Oklahoma. The Cheyenne language is a member of the Plains Algonquian branch of the Algic language family. Closely related languages include Arapaho and Blackfoot. More distantly related languages include Potawatomi, Myaamia, Ottawa and Shawnee.
Selected Language Information
Davis, Irvine. 1962. Phonological Function in Cheyenne. Baltimore, MD: Waverley.
Fisher Louise, Leroy Pine Sr., Marie Sanchez, and Wayne Leman. 2004. Cheyenne Dictionary. Lame Deer, Montana: Chief Dull Knife College.
Frantz, Donald Gene. 1972. Cheyenne Distinctive Features and Phonological Rules. Bloomington, IN: Indiana university.
Frantz, Donald Gene. 1972. The Origin of Cheyenne Pitch Accent. Baltimore, MD: Waverly.
Leman, Wayne. 1979. Cheyenne Grammar Notes. Lame Deer, Montana: Northern Cheyenne Bilingual Education Program.
Leman, Wayne. 2011. Cheyenne Reference Grammar. Museum of Anthropology, University of Northern Colorado Press. (revision of Leman, 1980).
Sample Archival Materials in the Native American Languages Collection
Modian, Morris (speaker). (n.d.). A Good Chief Song. Roy Dean Bullcoming Collection. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Department of Native American Languages. Content Type: audio. Catalog Number: RBC-008.
Heap Of Birds, John (speaker). (n.d.). Cheyenne songs, by John Heap of Birds. Roy Dean Bullcoming Collection. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Department of Native American Languages. Content Type: audio. Catalog Number: RBC-013.
Bullcoming, Kathryn (speaker), Roy Dean Bullcoming (speaker), John Heap Of Birds (speaker). (n.d.). Kathryn and Roy Dean Bullcoming and John Heap of Birds singing church songs. Roy Dean Bullcoming Collection. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Department of Native American Languages. Content Type: audio. Catalog Number: RBC-022.
Bearcomesout, Delberta (author), Harold Littlebird (author), Larry Medicine Bull (author), Victoria Seminole (author). 1995. Cheyenne Sounds and Alphabet. Akira & Kimiko Yamamoto Collection. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Department of Native American Languages. Content Type: audio. Catalog Number: AKY-018.
Heap of Birds, Alfrich (speaker). 2003. Chief Alfrich Heap Of Birds Speaking in Cheyenne and Plains Sign Language. Alfrich Heap of Birds Collection. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Department of Native American Languages. Content Type: audio. Catalog Number: AHB-001.
Links
Freelang Cheyenne On-line Dictionary
Catalogue of Endangered Languages
