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The Algonquian language spoken by the Abnaki and Penobscot peoples
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abnaki
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also Abenaki , Algonquian people and language of northern New England and eastern Canada, 1721, from French abenaqui , from the people's name, East Abenaki wapanahki , literally "person of the dawn-land," hence "easterners."
Usage examples of abnaki.
Lawrence to hunt big game here, and the Abnaki and Mahican had come across the Hudson and Lake Champlain.
First in attendance were the Indians assembled from four neighboring tribes to witness the celebration: Delaware, Shawnee, Abnaki, Sac.
He is popular among the Abnaki, Algonquin, Penobscot, and Wabanaki tribes, and the spelling of his name varies from Glooscap to Gluscabe, Gluscabi, Gluskab, etc.
Impossible even to imagine that Mohawk and Mahican had once wandered here - yes, and Wampanoag, Narraganset, Pequot, Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Abnaki, Malecite, Micmac.