Mitchigamea language
Extinct indigenous language of North America
Michigamea | |
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Mihshikamiia | |
Region | Arkansas in the United States |
Extinct | 18th century? |
Siouan
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ISO 639-3 |
cmm
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cmm
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Glottolog | None |
Mitchigamea or Michigamea was a language spoken by Mitchigamea people.
In 1673, Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet used a Mitchigamea man, who only spoke Illinois poorly, as a translator between the Illinois-speaking French, and the Siouan-speaking Quapaw . [1] Jean Bernard Bossu provided two sentences from the mid-18th century which, according to John Koontz, indicate that Michigamea was a Siouan language of the Mississippi Valley branch. [2]
References
- ↑ "Front Page" . puffin.creighton.edu . 11 August 2014 . Retrieved 18 May 2017 .
- ↑ Koontz, John E. 1995. Michigamea as a Siouan language . Paper presented at the 15th annual Siouan and Caddoan Languages Conference, University of New Mexico - Albuquerque.
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