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Ponca

Ponca

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A Native American language spoken by a tribe from the US Midwest
  • noun
  • /ˈpɒŋkə/
  • Specialized
: ponca
  • The former is a more recent type of War Dance that features multi-colored bustles and an extremely "fast and furious" dance style (Powers 1980:223); this type of dancing has been described as "cutting up," and allegedly was introduced to the southern Plains in the 1920s through the Northern Ponca, Northern Cheyenne, and Dakota Sioux Wild West show dancers.

Examples

  • In language class, we learned some basic phrases in Ponca, which is spoken by the Ponca people.

  • Ponca Chief White Eagle (1800s to 1914)

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  • He shared a story in Ponca, highlighting the importance of protecting the language.

  • At the cultural festival, attendees could hear traditional songs performed in Ponca.

Synonyms

Ponka
vsPonca
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A Native American language spoken by the Ponca people

is the same dialect but adds language family and regional origin information

Surface Forms

Ponca singular
Poncas plural

Etymology

Ponca is the name the people use for their own language and for the group who speak it, just like English names both a people and a language. The name comes from their Siouan language and points to their roots by the Missouri River, so Ponca means the language of that people.