Malesit-passamakvoddi , malisit-passamakvoddi - the Algonkin language threatened by extinction, which is spoken by the peoples of Malaysite and passamakvoddi living in the Canadian province of New Brunswick and surrounding areas of Maine . The language is divided into two main dialects: Malaysite, which is spoken in New Brunswick, and passamakvoddy, distributed mainly in the state of Maine [3] . Most carriers are older people [4] . Most young people do not know the language, which is especially true for the passamakvoddi dialect [3] .
| Malesith Passamakvoddi | |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada , USA |
| Regions |  New brunswick  Maine |
| Total number of speakers | 590 (2011) [1] |
| Status | |
| Classification | |
| Category | Languages of North America |
Algian family
| |
| Writing | latin |
| Language Codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | - |
| ISO 639-3 | pqm |
| WALS | |
| Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
| Ethnologue | |
| ELCat | |
| IETF | |
| Glottolog | |
Historic Malaysite and Passamakvoddi
Phonology
Consonants
| Lip. | Tooth. | Postalveolar. | Chambers. | Velar. | Gulp. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Explosion. | p [p] | t [t] | k [k] kw [kʷ] | ||||
| The fricative. | s [s] | h [h] | |||||
| Affre | c [t͡ʃ] | ||||||
| Nose. | m [m] | n [n] | |||||
| Approx. | Centre. | w [w] | y [j] | ||||
| side. | l [l] | ||||||
Vowels
| Front | Medium | Rear | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top | i [i] i: [iː] | ||
| Medium | e [e] e: [eː] | ǝ [ə] | o [o] o: [oː] |
| Lower | a [a] a: [aː] |
Notes
- ↑ Ethnologue.com
- ↑ UNESCO Red Book of Languages
- ↑ 1 2 Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Language (Maliseet-Passamaquoddy Language) . Native-languages.org. Date of treatment July 19, 2010.
- ↑ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World . 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
Links
- Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Language at Native Languages
- Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary from the Mi'kmaq-Maliseet Institute, University of New Brunswick (includes sound files with the pronunciation of the entry words, videos of native speakers' conversations including the entry words, and detailed grammatical charts)
- Chamberlin, Montague (1899). Maliseet Vocabulary . (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Cooperative Society).
- Meg Holladay Reviving Passamaquoddy: A Community Finds Healing Through Its Own Language . Cultural Survival . Date of treatment August 7, 2012.
- OLAC resources in and about the Malecite-Passamaquoddy language