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				ta-taⁿ (táttą), ta-toⁿ (táttǫ)
				
				
				what, something (RR-Quapaw) 
				
				
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						What are you making? |  | 
					
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						ta-taⁿ  
						shka-xe  ni-khe  (táttą škáγe nikhé) | 
						
						Speaker - Maude Supernaw | 
					
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						what - you make - you sitting, doing that | 
					
				
				
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						What do you want?
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						ta-toⁿ 
						shkoⁿ-ta (táttǫ  škǫttá) | 
						
						Speaker - Odestine McWatters | 
					
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						what - you want | 
					
				
				
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						What's your name? |  | 
					
						| ta-taⁿ  
						zha-zhe  a-tiⁿ  (táttą žáže attí̜) | 
						
						Speaker - Maude Supernaw | 
					
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						what - name - you have | 
					
				
				
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						What is your name? |  | 
					
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						i-zha-zhi  
						ta-to  jhi-e  (ížáži tátto ǰíe)
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						Speaker - Odestine McWatters | 
					
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						name - what - you | 
					
				
				
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				Dhegiha Language Family Comparison
				
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					ta-taⁿ (táttą), ta-toⁿ (táttǫ) 
					- what, something (RR-Quapaw)
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					ta-ta (tâ-tâ) 
					- what is it (LH-Quapaw)
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					e-da-doⁿ (edádoⁿ) 
					- something, what, a thing (Omaha/Ponca)
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					da-doⁿ (dá-doⁿ) 
					- what, interrogation (FL-Osage)
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					ta-taⁿ (táatą) 
					- what, interrogative, what kind, what sort, what type, what 
					class of, do what, thing, anything, something, whatever 
					(CQ-Osage)
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					da-daⁿ (dádaⁿ) 
					- what, something, thing, things (Kanza)