HIDATSA ALPHABET
| a | as | a | in | what |
| e | ” | ai | ” | air |
| i | ” | i | ” | pique |
| o | ” | o | ” | tone |
| u | ” | u | ” | rule |
| ä | ” | a | ” | father |
| ë | ” | ey | ” | they |
| ï | ” | i | ” | machine |
| ạ | ” | u | ” | hut |
| ĕ | ” | e | ” | met |
| ĭ | ” | i | ” | tin |
| c | ” | sh | ” | shun |
| x | ” | ch | ” | machen (German) |
| j | ” | ch | ” | mich (German) |
| z | ” | z | ” | azure |
| b, d, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, w, as in English | ||||
| b, w, interchangeable with m | ||||
| n, l, r, interchangeable with d | ||||
| An apostrophe (’) marks a short, nearly inaudible breathing. | ||||
Native Hidatsa words in this thesis are written in the foregoing alphabet. This does not apply to the tribal names Hidatsa, Mandan, Dakota, Arikara, Minitari.