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Extinct or nearly extinct Languages of the USA

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Extinct or nearly extinct Languages of the USA game quiz
"If you love western movies and novels you should be familiar with these Native American language names, all extinct or with just a handful of active speakers."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. This could have been the language of Magua in "The Last of the Mohicans".
    Mohican or Mahican
    Mingo
    Mohawk
    Wyandot or Huron


2. The last of these speakers could have been Uncas.
    Narragansett
    Mahican
    Mohegan
    Delaware


3. Sent by President Jefferson to explore the West in 1805, Lewis and Clark were guests of this tribe for the winter, and the Fort they built bore the same name. The language is nearly extinct.
    Yanktonais
    Minnetaree
    Mandan
    Arikara


4. Pocahontas spoke this language.
    Powhatan
    Pamunkey
    Montaignais
    Potomac


5. Another language that was heard by Lewis and Clark expedition members. Also called Ree. What was it?
    Arikara
    Shoshone
    Minnetaree
    Flathead


6. This is a nearly extinct Siouan language of Oklahoma. What is it?
    Kiowa
    Osage
    Assiniboine
    Omaha


7. You've heard this language in "Dances With Wolves", spoken by Wes Studi.
    Sioux
    Pawnee
    Dakota
    Shawnee


8. This is the most endangered among Iroquois languages.
    Cayuga
    Onondaga
    Seneca
    Tuscarora


9. This extinct language of Maine was spoken by a fierce tribe that always fought on the French side against the English.
    Huron
    Eastern Abnaki
    Southern Ottawa
    Montaignais


10. This language of the Algonquian family was spoken by a tribe sharing a name with a city in Florida.
    Pensacola
    Tampa
    Miami
    Tallahassee


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