Description
- Notes:
- By Jonathan Edwards, D.D., pastor of a church in New-Haven, and member of the Connecticut Society of Arts and Sciences.
- Primarily a discussion of the Mohegan language and grammar and a lesser discussion of comparative grammar and vocabulary of the Algonquian languages; includes a comparative glossary of words in English, Mohegan and Shawnee, p. 6, and another comparative glossary of words in English, Mohegan and Chippewau [the Ojibwa language], p. 7-8; includes vocabulary for numerals 1-10 in Mohegan and Mohawk, p. 9; and the Lord's Prayer in the Mohegan language and in the language of the Six Nations [in the Mahican language], p. 9-10.
- Signatures: pi1 (pi1 recto blank) [A-B]⁴ ([A]1 verso blank) chi1 (chi verso blank)
Citation
"Observations on the language of the Muhhekaneew Indians:
in which the extent of that language in North-America is shewn; its genius is grammatically traced: some of its peculiarities, and some instances of analogy between that and the Hebrew are pointed out. Communicated to the Connecticut Society of Arts and Sciences, and published at the request of the Society
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(1788).
John Carter Brown Library.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:731468/
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