Dhegihan branch

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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.

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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.

Kansa language subfamily Dhegihan branch
Dhegihan branch hasAlternativeName Dhegihan branch
this entity surface form: Degiha branch