Tsétsêhéstâhese
Tsétsêhéstâhese. Manâhestôtse 15,672. Tsētsėhestāhese means "People of the River" or "River People".
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[edit | edit source]Tsétsêhéstâhese is the name of the Cheyenne language, an Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne people of the United States. The word Tsétsêhéstâhese comes from the Cheyenne language and is derived from Manâhestôtse, meaning "People of the RiverTsētsėhestāhese is an Algonquian language." or "River People". The language belongs to the Algonquian language family, which is one of the large st language families in North America.
The Cheyenne language is traditionally spoken by the Cheyenne people, who are an Indigenous people of the Great Plains. The language has approximately 15,672 speakers, and the standard orthography uses Latin characters with some diacritics to represent the distinctive sounds of the language.