Abenaki language
| Abenaki | |
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| Geographic distribution | Quebec, New Brunswick, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire; Canada, United States |
| Ethnicity | 1,800 Abenaki and Penobscot (1982)[1] |
Native speakers | 14 Western Abenaki (2007–2012)[2] Last fluent speaker of Eastern Abenaki died in 1993.[2] |
| Linguistic classification | Algic
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | aben1250 (Abenaki) |
| People | Alnôbak (Wôbanakiak) |
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| Language | Alnôbadôwawôgan |
| Country | Ndakinna Wabanaki |
Abenaki (Eastern: Alənαpαtəwéwαkan, Western: Alnôbadôwawôgan) is an endangered Eastern Algonquian language of Quebec and the northern states of New England. The language has Eastern and Western forms which differ in vocabulary and phonology and are sometimes considered distinct languages.
Vocabulary
The English word skunk, attested in New England in the 1630s, is probably borrowed from the Abenaki seganku.[3]
See also
- Abenaki people
Notes
- ^ Eastern Abenaki at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- ^ a b Western Abenaki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Eastern Abenaki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Walter William Skeat (1882). A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language. Harper & Brothers. p. 440.
External links
Media related to Abenaki language at Wikimedia Commons- Abenaki-Penobscot at Native-languages.org