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Number: 4701

Language: Illinois

Location: C Illinois

Population: 20

Classification: Amerind: Almosan: Algic: Algonquian: Algonquian Proper

Consonant system:

Number: 4702

Language: Shawnee

Location: Tennessee

Population: 400

Classification: Amerind: Almosan: Algic: Algonquian: Algonquian Proper

Other Sources:

Voegelin, C. F. 1935. "Shawnee Phonemes," Lg 11, 23-37.
Miller, Wick R. 1959. "An Outline of Shawnee Historical Phonology," IJAL 25, 16-21.
Hickerson, Nancy P. 1959. "An Acoustic Analysis of Shawnee: IV," IJAL 25, 97-104.

Consonant system:

    p t̪ k ʔ
    č
    θ š
m n
    l

Stops: p t̪ k ʔ

Affricates: č

Fricatives: θ š

Nasals: m n

Laterals: l

Modified Consonants: c̄ p t k č

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

i
e o
a

Front Vowels: i e

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: o

Long Vowels: v̄ all

Number: 4703

Language: Micmac

Location: E Canada (Nova Scotia)

Population: 4,000

Classification: Amerind: Almosan: Algic: Algonquian: Algonquian Proper: Eastern

Dictionary: Rand, Silas Tertius. 1888. Dictionary of the Language of the Micmac Indians. Halifax: Nova Scotia Printing Co. [Reprinted 1972 by Johnson Reprint Corp., NY]

Grammar: Maillard, Antoine S. 1864. Grammaire de la langue mikmaque. New York: Cramoisy Press. [Reprinted 1970 by AMS Press, NY]

Other Sources:

Hewson, John. 1973. "Proto-Algonkian Reflexes in Micmac," AL15, 151-64.
Fidelholtz, James L. 1978. "Micmac Intransitive Verb Morphology," in LSNC, 67-87.

Consonant system:

    p t k
    č
    s (χ)
m n
    l

Stops: p t k

Affricates: č

Fricatives: s (χ)

Nasals: m n

Laterals: l

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

i u
e ǝ o
a

Front Vowels: i e

Central Vowels: ǝ a

Back Vowels: u o

Long Vowels: v̄ all but ǝ

Noun Number: s p

Gender: anim inan

Demonstratives: 2

Pronouns:

1 4ie
2 5
*3ai *6ai

Syntax: NA NUM-N POSS-N/N-POSS

Number: 4704

Language: Passamaquoddy

Location: N Maine

Population: 10,000

Classification: Amerind: Almosan: Algic: Algonquian: Algonquian Proper: Eastern

Grammar: Teeter, Karl V. 1971. "The Main Features of Malecite-Passamaquoddy Grammar," in SAIL, 191-249.

Consonant system:

   p t k kʷ
    č
    s h
m n
    l

Stops: p t k kʷ

Affricates: č

Fricatives: s h

Nasals: m n

Laterals: l

Modified Consonants:

c̄ s only ?
^hc p t k č

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

    i
   e ǝ o
    a

Front Vowels: i e

Central Vowels: ǝ a

Back Vowels: o

Stress: penult

Noun Number: s p

Gender: anim inan

Demonstratives: 3

Pronouns:

1 4ie
2 5
3 6

Syntax: SVO AN NUM-N POSS-N

Prep/Post: PREP/POST

Number: 4705

Language: Eastern Abenaki

Dialect: Penobscot

Location: Maine

Population: 70

Classification: Amerind: Almosan: Algic: Algonquian: Algonquian Proper: Eastern

Dictionary: Day, Gordon M. 1964. "A St. Francis Abenaki Vocabulary," IJAL 30, 371-92.

Other Sources: Speck, Frank G. 1918. "Penobscot Transformer Tales," IJAL 1, 187-244.

Consonant system:

    p̄ t̄ k̄
   b d ɡ
    s̄ h
    z
m n
    l

Stops: p̄ b t̄ d k̄ ɡ

Fricatives: s̄ z h

Nasals: m n

Laterals: l

Glides: w

Vowel system:

    i
    ǝ o
    a

Front Vowels: i

Central Vowels: ǝ a

Back Vowels: o

Nasal Vowels: ɔ̃

Syllable: Nˈ

Noun Number: s p

Gender: anim inan

Demonstratives: 2

Pronouns:

1 4ie
2 *5
3 6
*two forms: (1) for definite (known) number of people; (2) for indef (unknown) number of people

Syntax: SVO AN/NA NG DN NUM-N POSS-N

Prep/Post: PREP/POST

Number: 4706

Language: Western Abenaki

Location: New Hampshire

Classification: Amerind: Almosan: Algic: Algonquian: Algonquian Proper: Eastern

Consonant system:

Number: 4707

Language: Loup A

Location: C Massachusetts

Population: extinct

Classification: Amerind: Almosan: Algic: Algonquian: Algonquian Proper: Eastern

Consonant system:

Number: 4708

Language: Loup B

Location: C Massachusetts

Population: extinct

Classification: Amerind: Almosan: Algic: Algonquian: Algonquian Proper: Eastern

Consonant system:

Number: 4709

Language: Massachusett

Location: E Massachusetts

Population: extinct

Classification: Amerind: Almosan: Algic: Algonquian: Algonquian Proper: Eastern

Other Sources: Silver, Shirley. 1960. "Natick Consonants in Reference to Proto-Central Algonquian: I," IJAL 26, 112-9.

Consonant system:

   p t k kʷ
    č
    s š h
m n

Stops: p t k kʷ

Affricates: č

Fricatives: s š h

Nasals: m n

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

i u
e ǝ o
ɛ ɔ
a

Front Vowels: i e ɛ

Central Vowels: ǝ a

Back Vowels: u o ɔ

Long Vowels: v̄ ? ṽ

Number: 4710

Language: Narragansett

Location: E Massachusetts

Population: extinct

Classification: Amerind: Almosan: Algic: Algonquian: Algonquian Proper: Eastern

Consonant system:

Number: 4711

Language: Mohegan

Location: E Connecticut

Population: extinct

Classification: Amerind: Almosan: Algic: Algonquian: Algonquian Proper: Eastern

Consonant system:

Number: 4712

Language: Quiripi

Location: SC Connecticut

Population: extinct

Classification: Amerind: Almosan: Algic: Algonquian: Algonquian Proper: Eastern

Consonant system:

Number: 4713

Language: Unquachog

Location: SC Connecticut

Population: extinct

Classification: Amerind: Almosan: Algic: Algonquian: Algonquian Proper: Eastern

Consonant system:

Number: 4714

Language: Mahican

Location: SE New York

Population: extinct

Classification: Amerind: Almosan: Algic: Algonquian: Algonquian Proper: Eastern

Consonant system:

Number: 4715

Language: Munsee

Location: Canada (S Ontario)

Population: 100

Classification: Amerind: Almosan: Algic: Algonquian: Algonquian Proper: Eastern

Grammar: Voegelin, C. F. 1946. "Delaware, an Eastern Algonquian Language," in Linguistic Structures of Native America, Cornelius Osgood, ed., Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology, No 6, 130-157.

Consonant system:

   p t k
    č
    s š x h
m n
    l

Stops: p t k

Affricates: č

Fricatives: s š x h

Nasals: m n

Laterals: l

Modified Consonants: c̄ all but s š x j

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

i u
e ǝ o
a

Front Vowels: i e

Central Vowels: ǝ a

Back Vowels: u o

Long Vowels: ī ē ā ū ō

Nasal Vowels: (ǝ̃̄)

Number: 4716

Language: Unami

Location: Delaware

Classification: Amerind: Almosan: Algic: Algonquian: Algonquian Proper: Eastern

Consonant system:

Number: 4717

Language: Nanticoke

Location: E Maryland

Population: extinct

Classification: Amerind: Almosan: Algic: Algonquian: Algonquian Proper: Eastern

Consonant system:

Number: 4718

Language: Powhatan

Location: E Virginia

Population: extinct (c. 1800)

Classification: Amerind: Almosan: Algic: Algonquian: Algonquian Proper: Eastern

Other Sources: Wolfart, H. Christoph. 1977. "Another Algonquian Contribution to Historical Linguistics: Siebert's Powhatan," IJAL 43,162-5.

Consonant system:

   p t k
    t^s
    s h
m n
    r

Stops: p t k

Affricates: t^s

Fricatives: s h

Nasals: m n

Vibrants: r

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

i
e o
a

Front Vowels: i e

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: o

Long Vowels: v̄ all

Number: 4719

Language: Carolina

Location: E North Carolina

Population: extinct

Classification: Amerind: Almosan: Algic: Algonquian: Algonquian Proper: Eastern

Consonant system:

Number: 4720

Language: Proto-Mosan

Location: SW Canada

Classification: Amerind: Almosan: Mosan

Other Sources: Swadesh, Morris. 1953. "Mosan I: A Problem of Remote Common Origin," IJAL 19, 26-44.

Consonant system:

   p p^ʔ t t^ʔ k k^ʔ kʷ k^ʔʷ q q^ʔ qʷ q^ʔʷ ʔ
b d ɡ ɡʷ G Gʷ
    t^s t^sʔ t^l t^lʔ č č^ʔ
    d^z d^l ɡ̌
    s š x xʷ χ χʷ h
v ^ʔv z ^ʔz ʁ ʁʷ ^ʔʁ ^ʔʁʷ
m ^ʔm n ^ʔn
    l ^ʔl ɬ

Stops: p p^ʔ b t t^ʔ d k k^ʔ ɡ kʷ k^ʔʷ ɡʷ q q^ʔ G qʷ q^ʔʷ Gʷ ʔ

Affricates: t^s t^sʔ d^z t^l t^l^ʔ d^l č č^ʔ ɡ̌

Fricatives: v ^ʔv s z ^ʔz š x xʷ χ ʁ χʷ ʁʷ ^ʔʁ ^ʔʁʷ h

Nasals: m ^ʔm n ^ʔn

Laterals: l ^ʔl ɬ

Glides: j ^ʔj w ^ʔw

Vowel system:

i u
a

Front Vowels: i

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: u

Long Vowels: v̄ all