Mahican
Mã’eekaneeweexthowãakan
Mahican was an Algic language once spoken in United States.
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Mohican, also known as Mahican, is a language of the Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian language family, itself a member of the Algic language family. It was spoken in the territory of present-day eastern New York state and Vermont by the Mohican people. The last semi-proficient speaker died in the 1930s. Present day tribal members reject the term extinct and prefer to refer to the language as slumbering since elders have continuously taught children a limited number of words and phrases. Preliminary efforts to revive Mahican have been made since 2017, but much work remains to be done before a consensus can be reached among tribal members to resolve certain disputed phonological and morphosyntactic aspects of the language.
From Wikipedia · Mohican language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Mahican
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | pchanum | |
| person | anepawak* | |
| eye | skeCkwan* | |
| nose | nakewan* | |
| hand | naC* | |
| blood | p7gagan* | |
| bone | wagan* | |
| skin | xai* | |
| breast | wapasei* | |
| water | npe | |
| fire | stau* | |
| mountain | waCu* | |
| tree | wastakwam* | |
| leaf | wanepak* | |
| dog | ndiau* | |
| fish | namas* | |
| bird | tschèchtschis | |
| one | ngute* | |
| two | neSe* | |
| I | nia* | |
| you | kia* | |
| we | kianau* | |
| drink | men* | |
| see | wa* | |
| hear | pet* | |
| die | nep* | |
| come | pa* | |
| path | anei* | |
| new | uske* | |
| full | oCowatau* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- MunseeAlgic28% alike
- UnamiAlgic28% alike
- Southern East CreeAlgic24% alike
- KickapooAlgic22% alike
- Plains CreeAlgic22% alike
- Northern East CreeAlgic21% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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