linguistic anthropology native american languages

Algonquin Place Names ___A short English introduction is followed by it Algonquian translation, and following that is a list of Quebec colonial places, also translated. - Text only - From Norm Léveillée - http://www.normlev.net/ancestry/algonquin/algonquinplacenames.htm

Attikameque: The Enigma ___"Brief synopsis of the Atikamekw language and its
current situation." - Text only - From NativeNet - http://nativenet.uthscsa.edu/archive/ng/94/0340.html

Blackfoot Language __ You will find scanned-in Blackfoot language documents, including linguistic information, a Blackfoot story, and grammar. - From The Rosetta Project - http://www.rosettaproject.org:8080/live/search/detailedlanguagerecord?ethnocode=BLC

Blackfoot Language and the Blackfoot Indian Tribe (Siksika, Pikuni, Piegan, Kainai, Blackfeet) __ Blackfoot, or Siksika, is an Algonquian language spoken by 8000 people in southern Alberta and northern Montana. The two main dialects are called Pikanii and Siksika Blackfoot. Many children are still learning Blackfoot, but the language is currently undergoing linguistic shift, with 'Old Blackfoot' being spoken by older generations and 'New Blackfoot' being spoken by younger ones." Learn more about the tribes making up the Blackfoot confederation including language history and more. - From Nativelanguages.org - http://www.native-languages.org/blackfoot.htm

Cahto Language and California Athapascan Home Page __ You will find lessons on the alphabet, as well as the language, and vocabulary. - From billabbie.com - http://www.billabbie.com/calath/

Cheyenne Language Web Site __ "Cheyenne is spoken in southeastern Montana on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, and in central Oklahoma. It is a member of the large Algonquian language family of North America which includes other languages such as Blackfoot, Arapaho, Cree, Ojibwa, Algonquin, Potawatomi, Kickapoo, Menomini, Fox, Massachusett, Delaware, Shawnee, Micmac, and Naskapi." - From http://listen.to/cheyenne

Cheyenne Language Web Site __ A good overview of the Cheyenne Language including alphabet, pronunciation and more. - illustrated - From Cheyenne Language Web Site - http://www.geocities.com/cheyenne_language/index.htm

Dakota Language Homepage __ The lessons page is among the 'missing' as of now but there is still other interesting information. - From alliance2k.org - http://www.alliance2k.org/daklang/dakota9463.htm

Dictionary of the Taino Language __ New words are added daily! "The Dictionary Of The Spoken Taino Language - From The Taino Language Project - http://members.dandy.net/~orocobix/tedict.html

Ethnologue: Arapaho ___Demographic information about the Arapaho language. - Text only - From Ethnologue: Languages of the World -
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ARP

Hupa Alphabet Chart __ The chart offers the letter, the sound it makes, and then a word in Hupa and its meaning. - From Danny Ammon - http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~ammon/danny/Hupa/HupaAlphabet.html

Kiowa Orthography ___This page is geared to senior studies. Be prepared to pronounce printed Kiowa words in a very different manner than English. - Text only - From the International Journal of American Linguistics 56:410 - 426 - http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~olsalmi/kiowa.html

Lakhota Word Pages __ Here is a great place to begin a study of the Lakhota language. The vocabulary is for basic everyday items. From akhota.com - http://www.lakhota.com

Lenape Language ___"Overview of Lenape including pronunciation guide, glossary of animal words, and placenames." - Text only - From The Schuylkill River -
http://www.web-savvy.com/river/Schuylkill/new_lenape.html

Lenape Language and the Delaware Indian Tribe ___"An overview of the Leni Lenape people, their language and history." - Text only - From Native American Languages -
http://www.native-languages.org/lenape.htm

Ojibwe Language and Culture ___"Under the translate category, you will find english/ojibwe and german/ojibwe translations, an ojibwe/odawa translator and Weshki-ayaad's fine works." - Text only - From First Ojibwe Network - http://first-ojibwe.net/

Ojibwe Language and the Ojibwe Indian Tribe (Chippewa, Ojibway, Ojibwa, Anishinaabemowin) __ Here is a good overview of the Chippewa language. "Ojibwe--otherwise anglicized as Chippewa, Ojibwa or Ojibway and known to its own speakers as Anishinabe or Anishinaabemowin--is an Algonquian language spoken by 50,000 people in the northern United States and southern Canada." Lots of additional links - From Native Languages.org - http://www.native-languages.org/chippewa.htm

Paiute Preschool Language Immersion ___ A news article about the successful
Paiute language immersion programme. - Text only - From Turtle Tracks -
http://www.turtle-tracks.org/issue40/i40_10.html

Project Preserves Traditional Crow Site Names ___"Two years ago Old Coyote and 20 other Crow elders began working with Little Big Horn College general studies instructor Tim McCleary to document place names and chronicle the stories behind them." Find out about this project and why preserving the traditional Crow place names is important. - 1 map - From Carrie Moran McCleary -
http://www.turtletrack.org/Issues01/Co01132001/CO_01132001_Crow_Names.htm

A Simplified Description of Apache Pronunciation __ Just what the title says it is. - by Paul R. Machula - http://www.geocities.com/~zybt/lang.htm

A Small Lexicon of Tsalagi Words __ Tsalagi is the language of the Cherokee. Here you will find a selection of words and a pronunciation guide. - By Jennifer Paxton - http://public.csusm.edu/guests/raven/cherokee.dir/cherlexi.html

Vocabularies of the Shawanoese and Wyandott Languages ___"The development of
the seventeenth century Huron tribal alliance is investigated using evidence from dialect analysis of the phonetic features found in writings of the Wendat language (Huron and Petun)." As you can see, this page is for advanced students. - Text only - From John Steckley, Humber College -
http://www.wyandot.org/lang1.html

Wendat Dialects and the Development of the Huron Alliance ___"These dialect
connections have implications for how various groups of speakers of Wendat were politically associated prior to the founding of the 'Huron' and the 'Petun' as distinct configurations of peoples. Finally, some speculative remarks are made as to the nature of the mysterious Bog tribe of the Huron,
about which so little is known." As you can see from this quote, the information here is presented in a scholarly fashion and is intended for students at an advanced level of education. - Text only - From John Steckley, Humber College - http://www.wyandot.org/wendat.htm

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