Mitchigamea language facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Michigamea |
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| Mihshikamiia | |
| Region | Arkansas in the United States |
| Extinct | 18th century? |
| Language family |
Siouan
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| 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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