BEGINNER LEVEL HOOCAK/HO-CHUNK LANGUAGE
Learn the sounds and writing system of the language and examine the associated grammar and vocabulary. Develop literacy and an understanding of the unique sentence and verb structures, and utilize basic introductory conversational skills currently being used among Hoocak speakers. Hoocak (Ho-Chunk, formerly referred to as the Wisconsin Winnebago) is one of the five Indigenous aboriginal languages spoken in the state of Wisconsin and part of a larger Souian language family found only in North America.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Frgn Lang - 1st semester language Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Utilize proper Orthography of the Hoocak Audience: Undergraduate 2. Construct proper sentences (TSOV) in conversational settings including greetings, introductions, sentence negations. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Discuss Hoocak clans and the kinship system; converse on family relations Audience: Undergraduate 4. Count 1-99 Audience: Undergraduate 5. Use wa'u and identify positionals correctly. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Conjugate class 1 verbs Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Utilize proper Orthography of the Hoocak Audience: Undergraduate 2. Construct proper sentences (TSOV) in conversational settings including greetings, introductions, sentence negations. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Discuss Hoocak clans and the kinship system; converse on family relations Audience: Undergraduate 4. Count 1-99 Audience: Undergraduate 5. Use wa'u and identify positionals correctly. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Conjugate class 1 verbs Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027