Osage is an aboriginal American tribe [and language]. They occupied Missouri and the surrounding areas before the European settlers arrived.
Unfortunately, the language is almost extinct.

frog
tseŽbiuka
DSAY-bee-oo-gah< 		baby frog
tseŽbiuka zhinŽga
(lit. "little frog")
DSAY-bee-oo-gah ZHEEN-gah 		bullfrog
tseŽbiuka tonŽga
(lit. "big frog")
DSAY-bee-oo-gah DOHN-gah
green frog
tseŽbiuka toŽho
(lit. "green frog")
DSAY-bee-oo-gah DOH-ho 		grey frog
tseŽbiuka xoŽdse
(lit. "grey frog")
DSAY-bee-oo-gah GHODE-say 		striped-headed frog
(lit. "striped-headed frog")
tseŽbiuka pa gtheçeŽ
DSAY-bee-oo-gah pah gthey-THAY
toad
nizhuŽaxage
(lit. "cries for rain")
nee-ZHOO-ah-GHAH-gay 		horned toad
gaxthoŽe
gagh-THOUGH-ay 		tadpole
hopaŽnidse
(lit. "fish-headed with a haunched body")
ho-BAH-need-say

"x" in Osage writing is pronounced like a rough "gh"/"kh", as the "ch" in the Scottish "loch".
"t" with a dot under it is pronounced between a "t" and a "d".
"p" with a dot under it is pronounced between a "p" and a "b".

Special Thanks to Lisa J. Emerson for this information!

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