Western Abnaki language

language
name=Western Abnaki
nativename=Wôbanakiôdwawôgan
states=Canada
region=on the St. Lawrence River in Quebec
speakers=20 (1991 M. Krauss)
familycolor=American
fam1=Algic
fam2=Algonquian
fam3=Eastern Algonquian
fam4=Abnaki
iso3=abe

Western Abnaki (also known as St. Francis) is an indigenous language spoken by around 20 individuals along the St. Lawrence River between Montreal and Quebec City. It is being supplanted by French and is considered nearly extinct.

Phonology

Vowels

Notes

ee also

*Abenaki (tribe)
*Abenaki language

External links

* [http://www.languagegeek.com/algon/abenaki/abenaki.html Abenaki orthography and phonology]
* [http://www.native-languages.org/abna.htm Native Languages page for Abenaki]
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References

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=abe Ethnologue entry for Western Abnaki]

* Day, Gordon M. 1994a. Western Abenaki Dictionary. Volume 1: Abenaki to English. Hull: Canadian Museum of Civilization, Mercury Series, Canadian Ethnology Service Paper 128.

* Day, Gordon M. 1994b. Western Abenaki Dictionary. Volume 2: English to Abenaki. Hull: Canadian Museum of Civilization, Mercury Series, Canadian Ethnology Service Paper 128.

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* Laurent, Joseph. 1884. "New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues." Quebec: Joseph Laurent. Reprinted 2006: Vancouver: Global Language Press, ISBN 0-9738924-7-1

* Masta, Henry Lorne. 1932. "Abenaki Legends, Grammar and Place Names." Victoriaville, PQ: La Voix Des Bois-Franes. Reprinted 2008: Toronto: Global Language Press, ISBN 978-1-89736-718-6