Dhegiha

[ dey-gee-hah ]

noun

1. a division of the Siouan language family, comprising the dialects spoken by the Omaha, Osage, Kansa, Ponca, and Quapaw.

Example Sentences

Factions now known as the Osage, Omaha-Ponca, Quapaw and Kaw each headed in different directions, spawning their own offshoots of the Dhegiha language.

From Washington Times

This, the southernmost tribe of the Dhegiha group, occupied several villages west of the Mississippi, near the mouth of the Arkansas.

From Project Gutenberg

Oral history tells of the greater Dhegiha people’s origins in the Ohio River Valley.

From Washington Times