Nawathinehena language

Nawathinehena
Nawathi'nehena, nawaθiʔnehena
Native toUnited States
RegionOklahoma
EthnicityNawathi'neha/Southern Arapaho
Eraattested 1899[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3nwa
nwa
Glottolognawa1259

Nawathinehena is an extinct Algonquian language formerly spoken among the Arapaho. It had a phonological development quite different from either Gros Ventre or Arapaho proper. It has been identified as the former language of the Southern Arapaho, who switched to speaking Arapaho proper in the 19th century. However, the language is not well attested, being documented only in a vocabulary collected in 1899 by Alfred L. Kroeber from the Oklahoma Arapaho.

  1. ^ Asher, R.E.; Moseley, Christopher (eds.). Atlas of the World’s Languages (2nd ed.). ISBN 9781315829845.