Dhegihan branch
E410080
The Dhegihan branch is a subgroup of the Siouan language family that includes closely related languages such as Kansa, Omaha-Ponca, Osage, and Quapaw traditionally spoken in the central United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Degiha branch | 1 |
| Dhegihan branch canonical | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Siouan language subgroup
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup |
Kaw people
ⓘ
surface form:
Kansa people
Omaha people ⓘ Osage Nation ⓘ Ponca ⓘ
surface form:
Ponca people
Quapaw tribe ⓘ
surface form:
Quapaw people
|
| classificationStatus | well-established subgroup within Siouan ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Kansa language
ⓘ
Omaha–Ponca language ⓘ
surface form:
Omaha-Ponca language
Osage language ⓘ Quapaw language ⓘ |
| documentationLanguage | English ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Great Plains
ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ South Central United States ⓘ
surface form:
South-central United States
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Dhegiha Siouan peoples
ⓘ
surface form:
Degiha Siouan
Dhegihan branch ⓘ
surface form:
Degiha branch
Dhegiha Siouan peoples ⓘ
surface form:
Dhegihan Siouan
|
| hasEndangeredStatus | most member languages are endangered ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRelation | result of southward and eastward migrations of Siouan-speaking peoples ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
shared morphological patterns within Siouan
ⓘ
shared phonological innovations within Siouan ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Kansa language
ⓘ
Omaha–Ponca language ⓘ
surface form:
Omaha language
Omaha–Ponca language ⓘ
surface form:
Omaha-Ponca language
Osage language ⓘ Omaha–Ponca language ⓘ
surface form:
Ponca language
Quapaw language ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEfforts | language revitalization programs among member tribes ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin script (for modern documentation) ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Siouan languages ⓘ |
| partOf |
Siouan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Siouan language family
|
| spokenIn |
Arkansas River region
ⓘ
Missouri River valley ⓘ
surface form:
Missouri River region
central United States ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
anthropological linguists
ⓘ
historical linguists ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Western Siouan
ⓘ
surface form:
Western Siouan languages
|
| usedIn | comparative Siouan linguistics ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Degiha branch