What Languages did Eastern Woodland Indians Speak?

Answer 1

All of the main tribes that lived in the area comprising the state of Indiana spoke a form of Algonquian. Miami means "All beavers, all friends, cry of the crane, people who live on the peninsula" all are meanings given to this tribal name. Miami is the Indian found on more places in the U.S.A. than any other Indian name. Miami University (Oxford, OH), Miami, Florida; Miami, Indiana; Miami, Oklahoma; Miami, Texas; Miami, New Mexico; Miami, Missouri; Miami, West Virginia; Miami Counties, Ohio, Indiana, and Kansas.

This should help

Answer 2

You can find out more about the language spoken by Indians living on the Northeast coastal woodlands of America by looking up Roger Williams. He was an English preacher who came to New England about 1630 and was chased out of Massachusetts in 1635 because he wouldnt agree to some of the religious ideas of the government there. He went down the coast and started a new settlement that became Rhode Island. During his time in New England he made his living by trading with the native people. In 1642 he sailed back to England and to keep himself from being bored ont he voyage, he wrote a book called " A Key into the Language of America" which was the first book written about the language of the native people. It includes a lot about the customs of the natives and is kind of like a phrasebook rather than a grammar. So, in the native language (which is what we would now consider a version of the Algonquian language family) you can say "Ascowequa'ssin, Netompeag!" that means, Good morning, friends!" or " these other words "papoo's" a child, "sick o tash" corn, "quahock" clams, "sa'chim" king or leader. or one, two, three, four is nquit, nee'sse, ni'sh, yo'h

All the indians who spoke the exact version of Algonqiian that Roger Williams recorded have died out, but there are lots of other native Americans (I prefer the term "first Nations") up and down the USA and Canada who speak closely related dialects. However, there are not 12% of the US population native people. That's nonsense. That would be over 35 million! That would include anyone who has even one ancestor many generations back who was an native. That distant connection wouldnt get you membership in many tribes if you wanted to join up! usually you arent considered eligible to be considered a tribal member unless you have one grandparent native.

Answer 3

Several different language stocks. Most common are Algonquian tongues of which the Father language is Delaware.

Why do people persist in acting like Indians are extinct? Just because the land was stolen and many murdered (continuing process), Indians still make up more than 12% of the population of the U.S.

Answer 4

To my knowledge the most common in the north was Algonquin altough the Pawhattan Federation in the Carolinas which was the largest federation till Sitting Bull seems to suggest a Cherokee alternative especially sense the Cheyanne are said to be their cousin tribe.

Answer 5

Cree

Answer 6

Their own.