-
languages or
dialects may be
ultimately impossible.
Eastern Algonquian Abenakian Abenaki Eastern Abenaki †
Western Abenaki Etchemin † Maliseet–P****amaquoddy...
- Williams'
recording of the
Coweset dialect. '
Abenakian syncope' was an
areal feature that had
spread from the
Abenakian languages to Mahican, a
Delawarean language...
- the
Mystic River at what now is
Malden in 1619.
These allied, "central
Abenakian" peoples, were
under repeated attacks at the time from the "Tarrantines...
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either archaic retentions or
cognate borrowings from
Narragansett or the
Abenakian languages, all of
which were
closely related. In many ways, M****achusett...
- of Long Island, and
related to but not
mutually intelligible with the
Abenakian languages spoken to the
north and the
Delawaran languages to the west...
-
feature of late-stage SNEA languages,
possibly an
influence from the
Abenakian languages. Thus, kuts, 'cormorant,' and ꝏsqheonk, 'his blood,' but more...
-
shortened to [i] in
these environments. A
similar process also
occurs in
Abenakian languages. In the
development of M****achusett, /iː/
weakens to [ə], which...
