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Abenaki Orthographies
Words man woman fire water tree bear star ten corn fish
Eastern Abenaki (Râle) arenanbe phainem sk8tai nebi abasi awess8s 8a'ta'8ess8 mtara skam8n names
Western Abenaki (Day) aln8ba phanem skweda nebi abazi awasos alakws mdala skamon namas
Western Abenaki
Words winter spring autumn sun eat long fish bear water star
Day bebon zigwan dagw8gw gizos mici gwani namas awasos nebi alakws
Mathevet pipon sig8n tag8ang8 kiz8s mitchi k8ni namens a8ass8s nipi alag8s
Laurent pebon siguan tagu8go kisos miji kuani namas awasos nebi alakws
Wzokhilian pbon sigwan tagw8go kizokw mitsi kwani namas awassos nbes alakwes
Masta pibon sigwan tagw8go kizos midsi kwani namas awasos nebi alakws
Aubery peb8n sig8n tag8ang8 kiz8s mitsi k8ne namens a8ess8s nepi alag8s


WesternAbenaki.com Orthography Notes:
In indexing words into this database we have kept the spellings consistent with the way in which they were written by Masta, Day and Laurent. Within their records of the language there exists, as seen in the chart above, only slight variations which should offer no problems with pronunciations. It is important to note that within Western Abenaki there is little if any change in meaning between the soft or hard letters g/k, b/p, s/z, d/t. For example, "kizi", or "gisi" would both mean "after/already", likewise "ta", or "da" mean "and".

However, when indexing the words presented by Aubery, Rale and Mathevet changes have been made to offer some consistency. These include the need to change the use of "8" to represent "w" and "an" to represent the nasal "8". Also, often the use of "e" in place of "a". When "r" does appear, it has been changed to "l" before it is indexed within this database. This can be seen in the examples offered above, where Aubery offers "bear" as "a8ess8s". In this example you can see where the changes need to be made changing it to "awasos" to offer a more consistent orthography. For words not recorded by Day, Laurent or Masta and only found within the works of Aubery, Rale or Mathevet the same changes have been made, making these words fully accessible to the users of our online dictionary.

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