Nanticoke Language Lessons: Colors (Part 2: Plural)
Channel: Keith Cunningham
Date: 01/02/2021

This video introduces the plural forms of the color words introduced in lesson 1 of the color series. 

Author: Keith Cunningham

The copyright to this lesson belongs to the Nanticoke Indian Association, but it is free to distribute for non-commercial education purposes. The copyright to the works cited herein belong to their respective authors. If you use any material in this video in a derivative work, please cite as follows:

Cunningham, Keith A. (2021, February 1) Nanticoke Language Lessons - Colors (Part 2) [video] YouTube. https://youtu.be/tsAi6R9ZXss

Acknowledgements:

This video is dedicated to the departed speakers of Nanticoke, as well as their descendants for whom I hope these lessons will be of benefit. I would like to thank the following individuals for their guidance throughout the course of my research:

Nanticoke Contributors
Karelle Hall - Anthropological Linguist, Nanticoke Indian Tribe
Brett Jackson - Assistant Chief, Nanticoke Indian Tribe
Mr. Sterling Street - Nanticoke Indian Museum Coordinator

Academic Contributors
Dr. David Costa - Miami University
Dr. Ives Goddard - Smithsonian Institution
Dr. Craig Kopris
Dr. Monica MacAuley - University of Wisconsin - Madison
Dr. Lourdes Ortega - Georgetown University
Dr. Joe Salmons - University of Wisconsin - Madison

See the previous lesson for sources of the color terms. The etymologies for "fly", "stone", and "berry" are based upon Pentland (1979).  

Pentland, David H. (1979). Algonquian Historical Phonology. PhD Thesis, University of Toronto.

The reconstruction of "butterfly" is based on Blair Rudes' work on Virginia Algonquian. 

Blair Rudes Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

The word for "book" is borrowed from Unami Delaware, as found in the Lenape Talking Dictionary (www.talk-lenape.org).

The word for "mocking-bird" is based upon the Unami word for "mourning dove" mamèthakemu. (www.talk-lenape.org).

The plural demonstrative forms are borrowed from Wampanoag as reconstructed by Jessie "Little Doe" Baird (Fermino).

Fermino, J. L. D. J. L. D. C. (2000). An introduction to Wampanoag grammar (Doctoral dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

The remainder of the words are based upon my own etymological research. 

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