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Crow is classified as a Siouan language, although it takes a language expert to demonstrate the connections between Crow and Lakota or Crow and Assiniboine.
There are some difficult sounds in Crow that you don't find in English: for example the letter X is used for a throaty khsound and the letter l can sound like l,d,n, or r. Here are a few words in the Crow language:
isaa.........................large
aapa.......................leaf
cheeta....................wolf
bia..........................woman
apa.........................bird
aluuta.....................arrow
balaxxii...................bow, weapon
iittaashtee..............shirt
bitchii......................knife
iichiili.......................horse
maxpe....................sacred
daxpitse.................bear
baapaatua.............sign language
iis...........................face
kahe......................welcome
shipita....................black
shua.......................blue, green
chia.........................white
hisshi......................red
alaxchii....................war deeds, coups
ahu.........................many
bachee....................man
bishka.....................dog
ashi........................teepee
tatee......................good
bili..........................water
bii...........................stone
shiili.......................yellow
It is feature of the Crow language that when referring to the name of a person, you add -sh to the end. So taking the words alaxchii and ahu above you can make the name Alaxchia-ahush, or Plenty Coups (Many War Achievements), a famous Crow chief.
Most people today believe that Native Americans used the term "White Men" to describe the settlers, explorers, soldiers and other newcomers. In the Crow language, the term is baashchiili,literally "yellow-person".
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