Quapaw language

Quapaw
Quapaw
Arkansas, O-gah-pah, Okáxpa
Native to	United States
Region	Arkansas, Oklahoma
Ethnicity	160 Quapaw (2000 census)
Native speakers	0 (2022)
Language family	Siouan Western Siouan Mississippi Valley Dhegiha Quapaw; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	qua
Glottolog	quap1242
ELP	Quapaw
	Map showing the distribution of Oklahoma Indian languages

Quapaw, or Arkansas, is a Siouan language of the Quapaw people, originally from a region in present-day Arkansas. It is now spoken in Oklahoma.

It is similar to the other Dhegihan languages: Kansa, Omaha, Osage and Ponca.

^ Quapaw language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Nagle, Rebecca (November 5, 2019). "The U.S. Has spent more money erasing Native languages than saving them". High Country News. Archived from the original on December 4, 2019.