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SHAWNEE [2 records]

Record 1 2022-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
  • Indigenous Peoples (General)
OBS

An Algonquian-speaking North American Indigenous people who lived in the central Ohio River valley.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
  • Peuples Autochtones (Généralités)
OBS

Les Chaouanons [...] sont un peuple [autochtone], dans l'Ohio, la Virginie occidentale, le Kentucky et la Pennsylvanie.

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
DEF

An Indigenous language of the Algonquian linguistic family.

OBS

Shawnee is severely threatened, with speakers shifting to English. The approximately 200 remaining speakers are older adults.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
  • Arts et culture autochtones
DEF

Langue autochtone de la famille linguistique algonquienne.

OBS

Shawnee : 100 locuteurs selon l'UNESCO […]

Spanish

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