Abenaki is an Eastern Algonquian language with only a handful of fluent
speakers, and perhaps several hundred non-fluent speakers. Most Abenaki
speakers are elderly and live on the Odanak reservation in Quebec, Canada.
It was originally spoken in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. Efforts are
being made to revive the language.
There are two main groups of Abenaki dialects: Western Abenaki, which is still
spoken in Quebec; and Eastern Abenaki, which was spoken until quite recently
by some of the Penobscot tribe in eastern Maine.
Abenaki pronunciation
Further information about Abenaki pronounciation and a comparison of the
spelling systems for Abenaki can be found at:
http://www.shawnee-traditions.com/Sounds.html
Sample text in Abenaki
Translation
Chief Edwin “Joe” Pero – Coos (Cowasuck) Deer Clan Prayer
Source: http://www.cowasuck.org/language/lesson23.htm
Links
Information about the Abenaki language and culture
http://www.native-languages.org/abna.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abenaki_language
Online Abenaki lessons
http://www.cowasuck.org/language.cfm
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~abenaki/Wobanaki/
http://www.xanatos.com/abenaki.phpl
Ne-Do-Ba – The Abenaki of Western Maine
http://www.avcnet.org/ne-do-ba/
Abenaki Language Preservation
http://www.abenakilanguage.org
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Abenaki,
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Blackfoot,
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Cree,
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Miami,
Míkmaq,
Montagnais,
Naskapi,
Ojibwe,
Potawatomi,
Shawnee