Cheyenne language

Cheyenne
Tsėhesenėstsestȯtse
Pronunciation[tse̥hésene̥stsesto̥tse]
Native toUnited States
RegionMontana and Oklahoma
EthnicityCheyenne
Native speakers
789 (2021)[1]
Algic
  • Algonquian
    • Cheyenne
Signed forms
Hand Talk
Language codes
ISO 639-2chy
ISO 639-3chy
Glottologchey1247
ELPCheyenne
Cheyenne is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

Cheyenne (Tsėhesenėstsestȯtse, [tse̥hésene̥stsesto̥tse], informal spelling Tsisinstsistots) is a Native American language spoken by the Cheyenne people, predominantly in present-day Montana and Oklahoma, in the United States. It is part of the Algonquian language family. Like all other Algonquian languages, it has complex agglutinative polysynthetic morphology. This language is considered endangered, at different levels, in both states.

  1. ^ "Detailed Languages Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over: 2017-2021". Census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau.
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