Etchemin language

Etchemin
Etchemin
Native to	United States
Region	Maine
Extinct	17th century
Language family	Algic Algonquian Eastern Algonquian Etchemin; ; ;
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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 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).^[2]^[3] 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

^ Bradley, David; Campbell, Lyle; Comrie, Bernard; Goddard, Ives; Golla, Victor; Irvine, Arthur; Kaufman, Terrence; Mackenzie, J. Lachlan; Mithun, Marianne (2007), Asher, R. E.; Moseley, Christopher (eds.), Atlas of the world's languages (1nd ed.), London and New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, p. 14, ISBN 978-0-415-31074-1
^ Lescarbot, Marc; Biggar, Henry Percival; Grant, W. L. (William Lawson); Ganong, William F. (William Francis); Champlain Society (1907). The history of New France. Robarts - University of Toronto. Toronto : Champlain Society.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
^ Lescarbot, Marc (1609). Histoire de la Nouvelle France : contenant les navigations, découvertes, & habitations faites par les François és Indes Occidentes & Nouvelle-France souz l'avoeu & authorité de noz rois tres-chrétiens, & les diverses fortunes d'iceux en l'execution de ces choses, depuis cent ans jusques à hui. En quoy est comprise l'histoire morale, naturele, & geographique de la dite province: avec les tables & figures d'icelle. John Carter Brown Library. A Paris : Chez Iean Milot, tenant sa boutique sur les degrez de la grand'salle du Palais.

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[1] Bradley, David; Campbell, Lyle; Comrie, Bernard; Goddard, Ives; Golla, Victor; Irvine, Arthur; Kaufman, Terrence; Mackenzie, J. Lachlan; Mithun, Marianne (2007), Asher, R. E.; Moseley, Christopher (eds.), Atlas of the world's languages (1nd ed.), London and New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, p. 14, ISBN 978-0-415-31074-1

[2] Lescarbot, Marc; Biggar, Henry Percival; Grant, W. L. (William Lawson); Ganong, William F. (William Francis); Champlain Society (1907). The history of New France. Robarts - University of Toronto. Toronto : Champlain Society.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

[3] Lescarbot, Marc (1609). Histoire de la Nouvelle France : contenant les navigations, découvertes, & habitations faites par les François és Indes Occidentes & Nouvelle-France souz l'avoeu & authorité de noz rois tres-chrétiens, & les diverses fortunes d'iceux en l'execution de ces choses, depuis cent ans jusques à hui. En quoy est comprise l'histoire morale, naturele, & geographique de la dite province: avec les tables & figures d'icelle. John Carter Brown Library. A Paris : Chez Iean Milot, tenant sa boutique sur les degrez de la grand'salle du Palais.

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