Algic family

Arapaho

1500 CE – today Living

Arapaho (1500 CE – today) is a living Algic language. Lineage: Proto-Algic → Proto-Algonquian → Arapaho.

See Arapaho on the interactive map
ISO 639-3
arp
Glottocode
arap1274

Plains Algonquian (an areal grouping), spoken in Wyoming and Oklahoma. Severely endangered.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Algicc. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Algonquianc. 1,000 BCE – 0 CE
  3. Arapaho1500 CE – today

Sister languages 5

Also descended from Proto-Algonquian.

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