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Quapaw (Okáxpa) Language Dictionary
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Language Name
Quapaw
Alternate Language Names
Arkansas, Okáxpa
Region
Arkansas and Oklahoma, United States.
Who
The Quapaw Nation Language Department.
Others Involved
As of mid-2025, this dictionary is not yet published to know who is involved in creating this dictionary. However, those listed on the Quapaw Nation Language Department's website are as follows:
Anna Beaver, Alice Crawfish Gilmore, Fannie Goodeagle Richards, Louis Quapaw, Mary Lane Redeagle, Mary Wilson, Maude Supernaw, Odestine McWatters (Speakers); Robert Rankin (Language Documentation); Billy Supernaw Proctor (Language Teacher); Unnamed Language Recorders; Tehya Deardorff (Web Development).
Publishing Information
As of mid-2025, this dictionary is not yet published. However, the dictionary page of the Quapaw Nation Language Department website was launched in 2024 and was most recently updated in 2025.
How People are Cited
Speakers are listed on the Dictionary page of the Quapaw Nation Language Department website under the heading Audio Recordings. Other contributors to the project are listed on the About page below Acknowledgements and Development Credits.
How Information is Cited
Speakers and previously documented and/or published materials are cited on the Dictionary page of the Quapaw Nation Language Department website below the headings Written Works and Audio Recordings.
Where is Information Coming from
Information in this dictionary comes from audio recordings of speakers throughout the twentieth century and previously documented language works by linguists throughout the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. These include works by George Izard, Lewis F. Hadley, James Owen Dorsey, and Robert L. Rankin.
Tools and Framework used
This dictionary will be a website. As of mid-2025, it is not yet published. Therefore we cannot determine its multimedia or search components.
Access
As of mid-2025, this dictionary is not yet published so we are unable to determine its accessibility.
Included Languages and Directionality
As of mid-2025, this dictionary is not yet published so we are unable to access this dictionary to determine the included languages and directionality.
Dialects Included
As of mid-2025, this dictionary is not yet published so we are unable to access this dictionary to determine which dialects are included.
Type of Dictionary
As of mid-2025, this dictionary is not yet published so we are unable to access this dictionary to determine what type of dictionary it is.
How are Entries Organised
As of mid-2025, this dictionary is not yet published so we are unable to access this dictionary to determine how entries are organised.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
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| Guide to use and understand | Unknown | |
| Audio | Unknown | |
| Images | Unknown | |
| Example phrases | Unknown | |
| Speakers marked | Unknown | |
| Dialects marked | Unknown |
Other Notes
As of mid-2025, this dictionary is not yet available online. The host of the future dictionary, the Quapaw Nation Language Department website, redirects users to what they call the Supernaw family's online dictionary (titled Quapaw Language Lexicon and English to Quapaw Dictionary).
External Links
Find the Quapaw (Okáxpa) Language Dictionary once it is published on the Quapaw Nation Language Department website: https://quapawlanguage.org/dictionary#
The open access Quapaw Dictionary hosted by the Quapaw Tribal Ancestry website: http://www.quapawtribalancestry.com/quapawdictionary/quapawdictionary.htm
The Quapaw Language page on the Quapaw Nation website, which links this dictionary, hosts other language resources: https://www.quapawtribe.com/758/Quapaw-Language