Arikara refers to a group of Native Americans that spoke a Caddoan language.

The Arikara moved from South Dakota into North Dakota, now on the Fort Berthold reservation.

Arikara is now spoken in North Dakota by a very few elders. Arikara is very close to the Pawnee language, but they are not mutually intelligible.

See also: Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation

Bibliography

• Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.
• Mithun, Marianne. (1999). The languages of Native North America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-23228-7 (hbk); ISBN 0-521-29875-X.