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	~~<tr><td><b>Description:</b>~~

	~~Mandan is an endangered Siouan language.~~
	It was initially thought to be closely related to the languages of the Hidatsa and the Crow tribes. However, since the Mandan language has been in contact with Hidatsa and Crow for many years, the exact relationship between Mandan and other Siouan languages (including Hidatsa and Crow) has been obscured and is currently undetermined. For this reason, Mandan is most often considered to be a separate branch of the Siouan family.
	~~Mandan has two main dialects:~~
	Only the Nuptare variety survived into the 20th century, and all speakers were bilingual in Hidatsa. As of 1999, there were only six fluent speakers of Mandan still alive, though there are currently programs in local schools to encourage the use of the language. Linguist Mauricio Mixco of the University of Utah has been involved in fieldwork with remaining speakers since 1993.
	The language received much attention from Euro-Americans because of their lighter skin color, which they speculated was due to an ultimate European origin. In the 1830s Prince Maximilian of Wied spent more time recording Mandan over all other Siouan languages and additionally prepared a comparison list of Mandan and<i>[~~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=804232 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>~~
	~~<tr><td><h2>Location of Mandan Language Speakers</h2>~~
	~~<googlemap zoom="3" width=400 height=300 lat="40.423000" lon="-98.737224" type="map">~~
	~~40.423000, -98.737224, United States</googlemap>~~
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	~~<h2>Overview</h2>~~

	~~<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/united_states United States]</td></tr>~~

	~~<tr><td><b>Spoken In: </b></td><td>~~

	~~<b><i>Regions: </i></b>~~[~~http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/americas Americas]~~
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	~~<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>~~mhq~~</td></tr>~~

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	~~<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>~~
	~~[[All Languages]]~~

	~~  [[Siouan Group]]~~

	~~    [[Siouan Proper Group]]~~

	~~      [[Central Siouan Proper Group]]~~

	~~        [[Mandan Group]]~~

	~~          <b>[[Mandan Language~~]]~~</b>~~

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<tr><td><b>Description:</b>

Mandan is an endangered Siouan language.
It was initially thought to be closely related to the languages of the Hidatsa and the Crow tribes. However, since the Mandan language has been in contact with Hidatsa and Crow for many years, the exact relationship between Mandan and other Siouan languages (including Hidatsa and Crow) has been obscured and is currently undetermined. For this reason, Mandan is most often considered to be a separate branch of the Siouan family.
Mandan has two main dialects:
Only the Nuptare variety survived into the 20th century, and all speakers were bilingual in Hidatsa. As of 1999, there were only six fluent speakers of Mandan still alive, though there are currently programs in local schools to encourage the use of the language. Linguist Mauricio Mixco of the University of Utah has been involved in fieldwork with remaining speakers since 1993.
The language received much attention from Euro-Americans because of their lighter skin color, which they speculated was due to an ultimate European origin. In the 1830s Prince Maximilian of Wied spent more time recording Mandan over all other Siouan languages and additionally prepared a comparison list of Mandan and<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=804232 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>Location of Mandan Language Speakers</h2>
<googlemap zoom="3" width=400 height=300 lat="40.423000" lon="-98.737224" type="map">
40.423000, -98.737224, United States</googlemap>
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<h2>Overview</h2>

<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/united_states United States]</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Spoken In: </b></td><td>

<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/americas Americas]
</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>mhq</td></tr>

</table>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
[[All Languages]]

  [[Siouan Group]]

    [[Siouan Proper Group]]

      [[Central Siouan Proper Group]]

        [[Mandan Group]]

          <b>[[Mandan Language]]</b>

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