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English to Quapaw Dictionary

Quapaw Audio Lexicon

Here is a list of Quapaw words and sentences translated into English. The audio recordings included in this list were made by Native Quapaw speakers who have since passed away. These individuals grew up speaking Quapaw as their first language and later learned English either as they got older or while attending school. These recordings are intended to supplement the dedicated efforts of our Quapaw Language Program teachers and students.

Historical Written Works on the Quapaw Language

Numerous texts about the Quapaw language have been gathered throughout history, dating back to 1827 and continuing to the present day.

Robert Rankin Dictionary

Robert Rankin performed extensive work with Quapaw language speakers.

He has compiled this work into a vocabulary list or dictionary, one version has been made publicly available by the University of Kansas.

Quapaw Language Reading Pronunciation Guide

The various ethnologists, linguists, and researchers who have studied and documented the Quapaw language often developed their own unique systems to represent the sounds of our language. Our writing system is based upon the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), a dynamic system used by linguists to document languages across the globe. Each individual sound (referred to as a ‘phoneme’) used in this system has its own entry in the guide.

Quapaw Stories

Discover Quapaw stories from the years 1890 to 1894.

Quapaw Reminiscences

Typing the Quapaw Writing System