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🗣️ A Siouan language 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 A Lakota group
Hunkpapa

Hunkpapa

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A Native American language spoken by part of the Lakota people
  • noun
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  • She is learning to speak Hunkpapa from her grandparents.

Examples

  • The Hunkpapa language is an important part of Lakota cultural heritage.

  • Researchers have compiled dictionaries to help preserve Hunkpapa for future generations.

  • The Hunkpapa language is part of the Lakota dialects.

  • Is Hunkpapa still spoken today?

  • The Hunkpapa language is an important part of Lakota cultural heritage.

  • She is learning to speak Hunkpapa from her grandparents.

  • Researchers have compiled dictionaries to help preserve Hunkpapa for future generations.

Synonyms

Hunkpapa language
vsHunkpapa
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A Native American language spoken by the Hunkpapa people of the Lakota Sioux

serves as the subgroup name that also denotes the language

Compounds

Hunkpapa language
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A Native American language spoken by the Hunkpapa people of the Lakota Sioux

Surface Forms

Hunkpapa singular
Hunkpapas plural

Etymology

The word Hunkpapa comes from the Lakota language and is often translated as 'those at the head of the camp'. So it became the name for the people and then for the language they speak.