Vocabulary Words in Native American Languages: Hidatsa We have
included twenty basic words, enough to give you a feeling for
each language. All the nouns are singular and all the verbs are
3rd person singular ("he or she sings") because many Native
American languages don't have a separate infinitive ("to sing")
the way English and French do. If you need to know a Hidatsa
word that is not currently on our page, you can take part in our
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in Native American languages! Hidatsa Word Set These vocabulary
words come from 19th century sources, and I recently received
mail from a Hidatsa speaker informing me that some of these
words are not pronounced this way anymore--in particular, that
"luetza" is pronounced "nuetza" in modern Hidatsa, and "miri" is
pronounced "mini." These could be changes in the language due to
the multilingualism of the Hidatsa people during the 20th
century ("mini" is the word