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			how are you? 
			hoⁿ 
			(hǫ), 
			haⁿ (hą) 
			
			what, how, in what manner (RR-Quapaw) 
			
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						How are you?   |  |  
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			hoⁿ  
			ni-she  (hǫ nišé) | 
			
			Speaker - Maude Supernaw |  
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			how, in what manner - you moving, doing that |  |  
			
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						How are you?   |  |  
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						hoⁿ  
						niⁿ-khe  (hǫ  nįkhé) | 
			
			Speaker - Odestine McWatters |  
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			how, in what manner - you sitting, doing that |  
			
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				Dhegiha Language Family Comparison 
					
					
					hoⁿ (hǫ), haⁿ (hą) 
					- what, how, in what manner (RR-Quapaw)
					
					
					ha (ha) 
					- what (F) - (Omaha)
					
					
					hau (hau) 
					- what (M) - (Omaha)
					
					
					haⁿ (hą́ą) 
					- how about, so, an exclamation used especially in 
					storytelling (CQ-Osage)
					
					
					ha (haa) 
					- indefinite, many of the question words are indefinites 
					with initial ha (haa) (CQ-Osage)  |