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The 'Assiniboine language' (also 'Assiniboin', 'Hohe', or 'Nakoda') is a Nakotan Siouan language of the Northern Plains, spoken by around 200 Assiniboine people, most of them elderly. The name ''Asiniibwaan'' is an Ojibwe term meaning "Stone Siouans". Along with the closely-related Stoney, Assiniboine is an 'n' variety of the Dakotan languages, meaning its autonym is pronounced with an initial 'n' (thus: ''Nakʰóda'' as opposed to ''Dakʰóta'' and/or ''Lakʰóta'').

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Phonology

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Phonology

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal or postalveolar	Velar	Glottal
Stops and affricates	Aspirated
	Ejective
	Voiced
Fricatives	Voiceless
	Ejective
	Voiced
Nasals
Semivowels

There are five oral vowels in Assiniboine, ''i'', ''u'', ''e'', ''o'', and ''a'', and three nasal vowels, ''į'', ''ų'', and ''ą''.

External links

★ Language Geek:Assiniboine

★ Native Languages: Assiniboine

★ Ethnologue Report of Assiniboine