Mitchigamea language facts for kids

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Quick facts for kids Michigamea
Mihshikamiia
Region	Arkansas in the United States
Extinct	18th century?
Language family	Siouan Western Siouan Mississippi Valley Siouan (unclassified) Michigamea
Linguist List	`cmm`

Mitchigamea or Michigamea was a language spoken by Mitchigamea people.

In 1673, Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet used a Mitchigamea man, who only spoke Illinois poorly, as a translator between the Illinois-speaking French, and the Siouan-speaking Quapaw. 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.

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