Susquehannock language
| Susquehannock | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Northeastern United States |
| Extinct | 1763 |
Iroquoian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sqn |
sqn | |
| Glottolog | susq1241 |
 pre-contact distribution of the Susquehannock language | |
Susquehannock is an extinct language that once was spoken by the Native American Susquehannocks. It is a part of the Iroquoian language family.
Little of the Susquehannock language has been preserved. The only source is a Vocabula Mahakuassica compiled by the Swedish missionary Johannes Campanius during the 1640s and published with additions in 1702.[1] Campanius's vocabulary contains only 89 words but is sufficient to show that Susquehannock was a northern Iroquoian language closely related to those of the Five Nations.[2] Surviving remnants of the Susquehannock language include the river names Conestoga, Juniata, and Swatara.
Notes
- ^ Thomas Campanius Holm. 1702. A short description of the province of New Sweden, tr. Peter S. du Ponceau. Pennsylvania Historical Society Memoirs 3:1:1-166. (Reprinted 1834 in Philadelphia)
cited in Marianne Mithun. The Languages of Native America (1999, Cambridge University Press). - ^ Marianne Mithun. 1981. "Stalking the Susquehannocks," International Journal of American Linguistics 47:1-26.
References
- "A Vocabulary of Susquehannock", Thomas Campanius Holm, Evolution Publishing & Manufacturing, August 1996.
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