While most of this answer is correct, a person would not use the term 'prat' to refer to their backside, it's a derogatory term used mainly to talk about a person and or their behavior e.g 'He was acting like a total prat'.. any spoken sound r â¦ epresented by the letter A or a, as in bake, hat, father, or small. 3. something having the shape of an A. 4. a written or printed representation of the letter A or a. 5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter A or a. From Dictionary.com. 1 person found this useful.
However, since the Mandan language has been in contact with Hidatsa and Crow for many years, the exact relationship between Mandan and other Siouan languages (including Hidatsa and Crow) has been obscured and is currently undetermined.
The Mandans share a single nation with the Hidatsa and Arikara tribes. In the past, the Mandans, Hidatsas, and Arikaras lived in separate villages and each had their own government and leadership. But after many of their people died of smallpox in the 1800's, the three allies merged.oday, some Mandan people still have moccasins or a buckskin dress, but they wear modern clothes like jeans instead of breechcloths... and they only wear traditional regalia on special occasions like a wedding or a dance.