Interrogative Indefinites in Siouan

[R. Rankin]

> Incidentally, this reminds me to remind folks working on Omaha-Ponca to
> look for a contrast of iNdadaN and edadaN...  I've heard both iNdadaN and edadaN
> (and also, I think, iNbe' as well as ebe' (but not e'be?) for "who").  But I'm
> afraid I always wrote iNdadaN and ebe when transcribing...

dadaN, iNdadaN and edadaN are certainly all distinct in JOD 1890.  After a long
conversation with DNS Bhat here at the Typology Centre about interrogative and
indefinite pronouns, I set about trying to make a comprehensive list for the various
Dhegiha languages.  It got sidetracked pretty quickly, but it would be worth doing
in order to sort all these problems out.  I gladly will it to whoever wants it.  :-)

Bob

--
Robert L. Rankin, Visiting Fellow
Research Center for Linguistic Typology
Institute for Advanced Study
La Trobe University
Bundoora, VIC 3083 Australia
Office: (+61 03) 9467-8087
Home:   (+61 03) 9499-2393
Admin:  (+61 03) 9467-3128
Fax:    (+61 03) 9467-3053