Western Abenaki

Western Abenaki is a nearly extinct Algonquian language spoken by the Abenaki people in New Hampshire, Vermont, north-western Massachusetts, and southern Quebec.

Odanak, Quebec is a First Nations reserve located near the Saint-François River. After the 1700s and arrival of English colonists, they called these peoples Saint Francis Indians, after the river in their territory.

In his book L8dwaw8gan Wji Abaznodakaw8gan: The Language of Basket Making, fluent speaker Jesse Bruchac notes that Western Abenaki is a polysynthetic language. Abenaki consists of both dependent and independent grammar which addresses the gender of the speaker. Abenaki parts of speech include nouns, pronouns, verbs, and adjectives. The structure of the sentence or phrase varies depending on whether the noun is animate or inanimate.

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