Mandan Village Dialects
[The two villages are Mih-tutta-hángkusch and Ruhptáre; the variants are distinguished by prefixing thereto (M) and (R) respectively.—Trans.]
Blanket (white woolen): (M) manhi̍chtä-schóttä; (R) waráchschóttä (ach guttural).
Board (plank): (M) mánnaopschi̍hdä; (R) mánna-gapschi̍hdä.
Boat: (M) minnanke (an French; ke short); (R) mánna-kinihnde (de distinct and short).
Bow: (M) woraërúhpa, waraërúhpa, or baraëruhpa; (R) warauïruhpa-gapschihde (e distinctly pronounced).
Child: (M) suck-chámahä (ch guttural); (R) sucke-hi̍nnichä (e ½).
A child who cries constantly: (M) suck-chámahä-nattach-sinhusch (ach guttural; n French): (R) suckchinick-saráh-sinhusch (e ½; in the second word n is French).
Cloth (blue or black) (M): manhi̍chtä-psi̍h; (R) warách-psi̍h.
Cloth (green): (M) wi̍ratohä; (R) warách-tohä̍.