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The American Language Reprint (ALR)
series began in 1996 as a vehicle for publishing
antique, obscure, and generally unavailable
short linguistic records of individual Native
American languages and dialects. |
Related Links: The American Language Reprint homepage Catalog of Titles in the ALR series The Interactive ALR: A Searchable Database The Complete ALR Series on CD-Rom American Languages in New France The Colonial & Frontier Bookshop |
Volume 1 A Synopsis of the
Indian Tribes Nearly half of this volume is made up of an Appendix dedicated to grammatical notices and vocabularies from dozens of tribes, including the Choctaw, Delaware, Micmac, Wyandot, Cherokee, Eskimo, Massachusett, Sioux, and the various nations of the Iroquois. Of particular note is the Comparative Vocabulary of Fifty-Three Nations which presents a 60-page table of Native words and terms from tribes such as the Ottawa, Nanticoke, Shawnee, Miami, Sauk, Osage, Omaha, Natchez, Pawnee, and dozens of others arranged for easy comparison. Also included is a further comparison of 16 Native languages including Penobscot, Minsi, Nootka, Souriquois, Huron, Woccon, and others. Finally, several short miscellaneous wordlists are included, such as vocabularies of Blackfoot, Powhatan, Cayuga, Iowa, Crow, Shoshonee, Cheyenne, Chinook, Caddo, Seneca, Mohawk, and many others. 2008 ~ 430 pp. ~ hardback ~ ISBN: 978-1-889758-80-0 ~ |
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