Mandan is a subject–object–verb language. Mandan has a system of allocutive agreement and so different grammatical forms may be used that depend on the gender of the addressee.

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Dec 15, 2016 · Mandan is a Siouan language that was spoken on Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota in the USA. The last fluent speaker, Edwin Benson, died in December 2016, …

Mandan is a Siouan language of the Great Plains, particularly North Dakota. Though the Mandan Indians share a reservation with their allies the Hidatsa and Arikara, their language is …

Before the smallpox epidemic of 1781, there was no single, unified Mandan language. Instead, four or five equally important dialects were spoken across six or seven towns and villages, …

The data from these various sources allowed for an in-depth description of the key aspects of the grammar of Mandan with special attention to the language’s complex verbal and nominal …

The language received much attention from White Americans because of the supposedly lighter skin color of the Mandan people, which they speculated was due to an ultimate European origin.

Mandan belongs to the Siouan language family – a family of language spoken in the Northern Plains and in the Missouri River Valley region. The family includes closely-related languages …

Like the Hidatsa Language Project, the Mandan Language Project is a collaboration of MHA Nation to support language conservation and cultural growth. Find out more about the project …

The Mandan language or Nų́ų́ʔetaa íroo belongs to the Siouan language family. It was initially thought to be closely related to the languages of the Hidatsa and the Crow.