Arikara refers to a group of Native Americans that spoke a Caddoan language.
The Arikara moved from South Dakota into North Dakota, now on the Fort Berthold reservation.
Arikara is now spoken in North Dakota by a very few elders. Arikara is very close to the Pawnee language, but they are not mutually intelligible.
See also: Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation
Bibliography
- Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.
- Mithun, Marianne. (1999). The languages of Native North America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-23228-7 (hbk); ISBN 0-521-29875-X.
