Arapaho Use of Animals in Former Times

(The following brief story was written by native Arapaho speakers, for children. It is extracted from a children’s dictionary of animal names. The translation was done by the Arapaho speakers as well. The linguistic analysis and pitch accent marks were done by Dr. Andrew Cowell, University of Colorado , after re-elicitation from a native speaker.)

teecxo’ hinono’eino’, tih’iinoo’ei3i’,

tih’iine’etiiwoohu3i’, nih’iinoonoyoo3oo3i’

cese’ehiiho.

nohci’nih’iinoonoyei3i’ niiciihehe’ noh ni’eci’.

’

nuh’uuno notoyeicii neneenini’i nihi’iiteixo’oni3i’

noh nihi’iiyeih’i3i’.

ne’nih’iisiine’etiiwoohu3i’.

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