# Teepee vs tipi

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teepee-vs-tipi/974603
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [November 8, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teepee-vs-tipi/974603 "2022-11-08T18:14:01Z")
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#### Post date: [November 10, 2022, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teepee-vs-tipi/974603/21 "2022-11-10T00:08:17Z")

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> [@Broomstick](#):
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> Yep. There are also longhouses, wickiups, wigwams, pueblos, igloos, hogans, and a bunch of other types of Native dwellings/tents/shelters.

Aside: An igloo is not a home. It’s a temporary camp shelter for use on hunting trips.

> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#):
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> But then if you really want to be “correct” about it, it comes from the Siouan “thipi”.

Does Siouan have an official written version, and does it use the Latin alphabet?

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#### Post date: [November 10, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teepee-vs-tipi/974603/22 "2022-11-10T00:09:11Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> Aside: An igloo is not a home. It’s a temporary camp shelter for use on hunting trips.

Arguably… so are some types of wickiups and wigwams.

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#### Post date: [November 10, 2022, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teepee-vs-tipi/974603/23 "2022-11-10T01:34:50Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> Does Siouan have an official written version, and does it use the Latin alphabet?

As far as I can tell, there is no “official” version, but there are several more common versions. The oldest is called the Riggs alphabet, named after one of the missionaries who devised it in the early 1800s. Ulrich and Deloria are two other variants.

Here are a few different variations:

> **[Dakota Sioux language and alphabets](https://omniglot.com/writing/sioux.htm)**
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> Dakota Sioux is a Siouan languages spoken in parts of the USA and Canada by about 390 people.

[http://www.languagegeek.com/siouan/y\_dakota.html](http://www.languagegeek.com/siouan/y_dakota.html)

Most of them use mostly Latin-ish letters.

Again, this comes from Mr. Google. I am not an expert on the Siouan languages by any stretch of the imagination.

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