Nanticoke language
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Nanticoke is an extinct Algonquian language spoken in Delaware and Maryland, United States.[5] The same language was spoken by several neighboring tribes, including the Nanticoke, which constituted the paramount chiefdom; the Choptank, the Assateague, and probably also the Piscataway and the Doeg. In the 21st century, an effort has been made to revive the language.
Revival
With the assistance of a native speaker, Myrelene Ranville née Henderson of the Sagkeeng First Nation in Manitoba, Canada, who speaks a similar language, Anishinaabemowin, the state-recognized Nanticoke Indian Association in Millsboro, Delaware, assembled to revive the language in 2007, using the vocabulary list of Thomas Jefferson. It had been "more than 150 years since the last conversation in Nanticoke took place."[6] Similar efforts made by the Nanticoke Indian Association are also being taken through partnership with local linguists.[7][8] In 2023, a book for the revitalization of the Nanticoke language was published.[9][10]
Phonology
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | k | ||
| Affricate | ts | ||||
| Fricative | s | ʃ | h | ||
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Approximant | w | l | j |
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i iː | ||
| Mid | e eː | ə | o oː |
| Open | a aː |
- Allophones of Script error: No such module "IPA". are heard as Script error: No such module "IPA"..
- /l/ may have an allophone of Script error: No such module "IPA". in word-final positions.[11]
Vocabulary
Nanticoke is sometimes considered a dialect of the Delaware language, but its vocabulary was quite distinct. This is shown in a few brief glossaries, which are all that survive of the language. One is a 146-word list compiled by Moravian missionary John Heckewelder in 1785, from his interview with a Nanticoke chief then living in Canada.[12] The other is a list of 300 words obtained in 1792 by William Vans Murray, then a US Representative (at the behest of Thomas Jefferson.) He compiled the list from a Nanticoke speaker in Dorchester County, Maryland, part of the historic homeland.[13]
Wordlist
These words are some of the listings in Murray's glossary. In the letter that accompanied his glossary, Murray noted that the Nanticoke were "not more than nine in number," and also stated that "they have no word for the personals 'he' and 'she.'" The exclamation point (!) indicates a "peculiar, forcible, explosive, enunciation" of a syllable in this phoneticization.
| Nanticoke | English |
|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Arm |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Black |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Blue |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Brave |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Cowardly |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | To eat |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Eye |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Green |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Leg |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Moon |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Red |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | To run |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | To sleep |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Sun |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | White |
| Script error: No such module "Lang". | Yellow |
See also
Notes
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.STEELE, NANCY LYNCH. "The witness: Nanticoke woman forced to testify in court". The News Journal. Retrieved 2026-04-24.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Goddard, Ives (1978). "Eastern Algonquian Languages". In Trigger, Bruce (ed.). Handbook of North American Indians. Vol. 15, Northeast. Washington: Smithsonian Institution. pp. 70–77.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Costa, David. J. (2007). "The dialectology of Southern New England Algonquian". In H.C. Wolfart (ed.). Papers of the 38th Algonquian Conference. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba. pp. 81–127.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Siebert, Frank (1975). "Resurrecting Virginia Algonquian from the dead: The reconstituted and historical phonology of Powhatan". In Crawford, James M. (ed.). Studies in Southeastern Indian Languages. Athens: University of Georgia Press. pp. 285–453.
- ^ Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rachael Jackson (2007-04-29). "Nanticoke try to bring tribe's ancient tongue back". News From Indian Country. Archived from the original on 2011-09-08. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cunningham, Keith. "A Phonological Analysis of the Heckewelder Vocabulary of Nanticoke".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Nanticoke tribe seeks to revive its lost language". www.andrewsharp.net. 2022-07-25. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Reporter, Susan Canfora | Staff (2024-05-03). "Author to speak on Nanticoke language book". Coastal Point. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cunningham, Keith; Hall, Karelle; Rain, Ragghi (Nov 1, 2023). Once It Has Been Spoken ... It Cannot Be Unspoken. Salt Water Media, LLC. ISBN 978-1628063714.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cunningham, Keith A. (2024). A Phonological Analysis of Nanticoke with Practical Applications for Language Revitalization (PDF). Georgetown University.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Heckewelder, John (2003). Heckewelder's Vocabulary of Nanticoke. American Language Reprints. Vol. 31. Evolution Pub & Manufacturing. ISBN 9781889758305. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jefferson, Thomas (2003). Minor Vocabularies of Nanticoke-Conoy. American Language Reprints. Evolution Pub & Manufacturing. ISBN 9781889758459. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Brinton, Daniel G. (1893). "A Vocabulary of the Nanticoke Dialect". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 31 (142): 325–333. ISSN 0003-049X. JSTOR 982971.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Vans Murray, William (2009). A Vocabulary of the Nanticoke Dialect. American Language Reprints. Evolution Pub & Manufacturing. ISBN 9780964423435. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
External links
- Custom lexicon: The Interactive ALR – includes all known Nanticoke data
- Native Languages of the Americas: Nanticoke (Southern Delaware)
- Nanticoke Language [archive]
- OLAC resources in and about the Nanticoke language
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