Potawatomi
Potawatomi is an Algic language spoken in United States and Canada. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Potawatomi ( , also spelled Pottawatomie; in Potawatomi Bodwéwadmimwen, Bodwéwadmi Zheshmowen, or Neshnabémwen) is a Central Algonquian language. It was historically spoken by the Potawatomi people who lived around the Great Lakes in what are now Michigan and Wisconsin in the United States, and in southern Ontario in Canada. Federally recognized tribes in Michigan and Oklahoma are working to revive the language.
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Words in Potawatomi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| man | nene | |
| woman | kwé | |
| person | nene | |
| water | mbish | |
| leaf | bëk | |
| dog | nëmosh | |
| fish | gigo | |
| bird | bnéshi | |
| cow | kwé-bzhêke | |
| pig | kokosh | |
| I | nin | |
| hello | bozho | |
| house | wigwam |
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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