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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.
    Delaware
    Narragansett
    Mahican
    Mohegan


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.
    Minnetaree
    Mandan
    Arikara
    Yanktonais


4. Pocahontas spoke this language.
    Potomac
    Montaignais
    Powhatan
    Pamunkey


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
    Omaha
    Assiniboine
    Osage


7. You've heard this language in "Dances With Wolves", spoken by Wes Studi.
    Pawnee
    Dakota
    Sioux
    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.
    Montaignais
    Huron
    Eastern Abnaki
    Southern Ottawa


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

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