Hidatsa Alphabet
| a | as | a | in | what |
| e | ″ | ai | ″ | air |
| i | ″ | i | ″ | pique |
| o | ″ | o | ″ | tone |
| u | ″ | u | ″ | rule |
| ä | ″ | a | ″ | father |
| ë | ″ | ey | ″ | they |
| ï | ″ | i | ″ | machine |
| ạ | ″ | u | ″ | hut |
| ĕ | ″ | e | ″ | met |
| ĭ | ″ | i | ″ | tin |
| c | ″ | sh | ″ | shun |
| x | ″ | ch | ″ | machen (German) |
| j | ″ | ch | ″ | mich (German) |
| z | ″ | z | ″ | azure |
| b, d, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, w, as in English | ||||
| b, w, interchangeable with m | ||||
| n, l, r, interchangeable with d | ||||
| An apostrophe (’) marks a short, nearly inaudible breathing. | ||||
Native Hidatsa words in this thesis are written in the foregoing alphabet. This does not apply to the tribal names Hidatsa, Mandan, Dakota, Arikara, Minitari.