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{{Short description|Algonquian language}} {{Infobox language | name = Cheyenne | nativename = {{lang|chy|Tsėhesenėstsestȯtse}} | states = [[United States]] | region = [[Montana]] and [[Oklahoma]] | ethnicity = [[Cheyenne people|Cheyenne]] | speakers = 380 | date = 2020 | ref = e21 | speakers2 = | familycolor = Algic | fam1 = [[Algic languages|Algic]] | fam2 = [[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]] | sign = [[Hand Talk]] | iso2 = chy | iso3 = chy | glotto = chey1247 | glottorefname = Cheyenne | notice = IPA | map = Cheyenne USC2000 PHS.svg | map2 = Lang Status 60-DE.svg | mapcaption2 = {{center|Cheyenne is classified as Definitely Endangered by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''.}} | pronunciation = {{IPA|[tse̥hésene̥stsesto̥tse]}} }} The '''Cheyenne language''' ('''{{lang|chy|Tsėhesenėstsestȯtse}}''', {{IPA|chy|tse̥hésene̥stsesto̥tse|}}, informal spelling {{lang|chy|Tsisinstsistots}}) is the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] language spoken by the [[Cheyenne people]], predominantly in present-day [[Montana]] and [[Oklahoma]], in the [[United States]]. It is part of the [[Algonquian languages|Algonquian language]] family. Like all other Algonquian languages, it has complex [[agglutinative]] [[polysynthetic]] [[morphology (linguistics)|morphology]]. This language is considered endangered, at different levels, in both states.
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