Mitchigamea or Michigamea is an extinct language formerly spoken by the Mitchigamea people in Arkansas.
| Michigamea | |
|---|---|
| Mitchigamea | |
| Mihshikamiia | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | Arkansas |
| Ethnicity | Mitchigamea |
| Extinct | 18th century? |
Unclassified
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cmm |
| Glottolog | mich1247 |
In 1673, Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet asked a Mitchigamea man, who only spoke Illinois poorly, to be a translator between the Illinois-speaking French, and the Dhegihan-speaking Quapaw.[1] Jean Bernard Bossu provided two sentences from the mid-18th century which, according to John Koontz, indicate that Michigamea was a Siouan language of the Mississippi Valley branch.[2] Others argue that Mitchigamea might have been an Algonquian language instead.[3]
References
edit- ↑ "Front Page". puffin.creighton.edu. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ↑ Koontz, John E. 1995. Michigamea as a Siouan language. Paper presented at the 15th annual Siouan and Caddoan Languages Conference, University of New Mexico - Albuquerque.
- ↑ May, Jon D. (15 January 2010). "Michigamea". The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
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