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Mahican

Mã’eekaneeweexthowãakan

Mahican was an Algic language once spoken in United States.

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Mahican · 42.6°N 73.8°W

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

MeaningWordRomanization
womanpchanum
personanepawak*
eyeskeCkwan*
nosenakewan*
handnaC*
bloodp7gagan*
bonewagan*
skinxai*
breastwapasei*
waternpe
firestau*
mountainwaCu*
treewastakwam*
leafwanepak*
dogndiau*
fishnamas*
birdtschèchtschis
onengute*
twoneSe*
Inia*
youkia*
wekianau*
drinkmen*
seewa*
hearpet*
dienep*
comepa*
pathanei*
newuske*
fulloCowatau*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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