Etchemin language
| Etchemin | |
|---|---|
| Native to | United States |
| Region | Maine |
| Extinct | 17th century[1] |
Algic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | etc |
etc | |
| Glottolog | None |
Etchemin was a language of the Algonquian language family, spoken in early colonial times on the coast of Maine. The word Etchemin is thought to be either French alteration of an Algonquian word for 'canoe' or a translation of Skidijn, the native word for people in use by the inhabitants of the St. John, Passamaquoddy and St. Croix Rivers.
The only known record of the Etchemin language is a list of the numbers from one to ten recorded by Marc Lescarbot in the early 17th century and published in his book The History of New France (1609). The numerals in the list match those of Malecite-Passamaquoddy, Eastern Abenaki, as well as languages of southern New England such as Wampanoag, but as a set they do not match any other Algonquian language. The Etchemin language disappeared not long after Lescarbot's visit, and it is unknown what became of the tribe. All other language records called 'Etchemin', under more detailed analysis, appear to be the neighboring Malecite-Passamaquoddy language.
References
[edit]- ^ Etchemin at MultiTree on the Linguist List
External links
[edit]- Eastern Algonquian languages
- Indigenous languages of the North American eastern woodlands
- Languages of the United States
- Extinct languages of North America
- Languages attested from the 17th century
- 17th-century establishments in the Thirteen Colonies
- Languages extinct in the 17th century
- 17th-century disestablishments in the Thirteen Colonies
- Indigenous languages of North America