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Illinois is an attempt by French explorers to say the native word irenwewa, meaning "he speaks the ordinary way". This was the Illinois tribe's own name for themselves, indicating that they thought other tribes spoke very odd and strange languages.
Illinois is not a native word, but a poor attempt by French explorers to pronounce the word illiniwek, meaning "the people". Around 80 per cent of tribal names in North America mean "men" or "the people" or "real men", since each tribe considered themselves to be the "real, genuine people" and everyone else was considered rather sub-human.
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∙ 12y agoThe name "Illinois" comes from the Miami-Illinois verb irenwe·wa "he speaks the regular way".
This was then taken into the Ojibwe language, and modified into ilinwe· (pluralized as ilinwe·k). These forms were then borrowed into French, where the /we/ ending acquired the spelling -ois.
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∙ 12y agoThe Algonquian term illiniwek means "true or original people". This name was adopted (almost) for the state name of Illinois; it is today often shortened to "illini".
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What Algonquian is Apex?
a native american language walk
Was Pocahontas part of the Algonquian tribe?
Algonquian is not a tribe, it's a large grouping of tribes that speak Algonquian languages. Tribes in the Powhatan confederacy, which Pocahontas was part of, spoke an Algonquian dialect. That language is now extinct, though there are efforts to reconstruct it, which means they have an approximation of it based on historical word lists and still-existing Algonquian dialects.
What languages are spoken by Miami Indians?
The Miami language was part of the Algonquian language family and very closely related to Illinois, Peoria, Wea and Piankashaw. The language became extinct, although it had been very well recorded and documented. Since the 1990s a joint project between the Miami tribe and Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, has been working to revive the language.This has been named the Myaamia Project.
What does algonquian mean or stand for?
it means At The Place of Spearing Fishes and Eels
Where on long island did Iroquois live?
The Iroquois tribes did not live on Long Island; the tribes were all from the Algonquian language group.
What does Roanoke mean in the native algonquian language?
Shell money?
What is the word for wolf in Illiniwek?
Illinois or Illiniwek is a member of the Algonquian language family, very closely related to Miami and Peoria. The Illinois word for wolf is mahweewa (Peoria ma'wawa).
What does massachesetts mean and from what language does it come from?
It's one of the states in America or in the Algonquian language, Massachusetts was a big hills.
What language group did the Powhatan Indians belong to?
The Powhatan people spoke Powhatan or Virginia Algonquian, an extinct language belonging to the Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian languages.
What native American language does Chicago come from?
Chicagoua means wild garlic in the Miami language, which is part of the very large Algonquian group. On the other hand, the Chippewa (or Ojibwe - another Algonquian language) word shegahg or jikag means skunk.One or other of these two words is the origin of the name Chicago.
What language did the cahokias speak?
Algonquian.
What language does the word caucus come from?
algonquian
What languages are spoken by Innu people?
The Innu speak:EnglishFrenchInnu-aimun (an algonquian language spoken by about 10,000 people)Naskapi (an algonquian language spoken by about 1200 people)
How do you spell algonquian?
That is one of the spellings of Algonquian, also Algonquin, usually for the specific tribe or places and ships named for them. The language is almost always spelled Algonquian.
What were the three major Native American language groups in Virginia?
algonquian,siouan,and iroquoian
What language is pecan?
It originated from Algonquian in the 18th Century.
What languages are spoken by Kickapoo Indians?
Today the Kickapoo people speak English, Spanishand the Kickapoo language.The Kickapoo language is an Algonquian language closely related to that of the Sauk and Fox. They are classified with the Central Algonquians, and are also related to the Illinois Confederation.
