Winnebago language
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The Winnebago language is the language of Winnebago and Ho Chunk Winnebago tribes of Native Americans in the United States. The language is part of the Siouan language family, and is closely related to the languages of the Iowa, Missouri, and Oto. The language can be written using the "Pa-Pe-Pi-Po" syllabics, although as of 1994 the official orthography of the Ho-Chunk Nation is an Americanist version of the International Phonetic Alphabet. Although the language is highly endangered, there are currently vigorous efforts underway to keep it alive, primarily through the Hocąk Wazija Haci Language Division.
Phonology
Winnebago has five oral vowels, i, u, e, o, a, and three nasal vowels, į, ų, ą (respectively IPA Template:IPA, Template:IPA, Template:IPA). There are stops in two series: voiceless p, c (IPA Template:IPA), k, and voiced b, t (IPA Template:IPA), j (IPA Template:IPA), g; voiceless fricatives s, š, x, h; voiced fricatives z, ž, ǧ (IPA Template:IPA); nasals m, n; trill r; semivowels w, y; and glottal stop ʼ (known in Winnebago as hiyuša jikere).