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The Osage script is a new script promulgated in 2006 and revised 2012–2014 for the Osage language.Because Latin orthographies were subject to interference from English conventions among Osage students who were more familiar with English than with Osage, in 2006 the director of the Osage Language Program, Herman Mongrain Lookout, decided to create a distinct script by modifying or fusing ...
Osage is a Unicode block containing characters from the Osage alphabet, which was devised in 2006 for writing the Osage language spoken by the Osage people of Oklahoma, United States. [ 3 ] Osage [1] [2]
Oklahoma; Other names: Oklahoma flag, Native America's flag: Use: Civil and state flag: Proportion: 2∶3: Adopted: April 2, 1925 () (modifications in 1941, 1988, and 2006): Design: A rectangular field of sky blue on which is placed an Osage war shield with six crosses and seven pendant eagle feathers above the word 'Oklahoma' in white.
Osage (/ oʊ ˈ s eɪ dʒ, ˈ oʊ s eɪ dʒ /; [1] Osage: 𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒰𐓓𐒷 𐒻𐒷 Wažáže ie) is a Siouan language that is spoken by the Osage people of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Their original territory was in present-day Missouri and Kansas but they were gradually pushed west by European-American pressure and treaties.
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The current governing body of the Osage nation contains three separate branches; an executive, a judicial and a legislative. These three branches parallel the United States government in many ways. The tribe operates a monthly newspaper, Osage News. [78] The Osage Nation has an official website and uses a variety of communication media and ...
This was due to the fact that if the text was engraved on stone, the number of letters to be written was reduced, while if it was written on paper or parchment, it saved precious space. This habit continued even in the Middle Ages. Hundreds of symbols and abbreviations exist, varying from century to century. [2]
Kansa and Osage are mutually intelligible, [3] meaning that they are two distinct dialects of a single language. The same is true for Omaha and Ponca. The same is true for Omaha and Ponca. The 2nd Annual Dhegiha Gathering in 2012 brought Kansa, Quapaw, Osage, Ponca and Omaha speakers together to share best practices in language revitalization.