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American Indian Dictionaries and Language Books

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Native American Dictionary and Language Books

The Languages of Native North America:
     Comprehensive linguistic reference by Marianne Mithun. If you're interested in more than one Indian
     language this is your first stop. Brief profiles of each and every language, linguistic information about
     unusual features of some of the languages, and the bibliography is priceless.
American Indian Languages: Cultural and Social Contexts:
     A good introduction to the diversity of indigenous languages of North, Central, and South America,
     with particular emphasis on sociolinguistics and language use.
O Brave New Words!:
     This is a book about English loanwords that come from Native American languages. Very thorough
     and interlaced with interesting historical information as well.
Native American Placenames of the United States:
     A well-researched encyclopedia of placenames and their Indian etymologies,
     by linguist William Bright.
Abenaki-English Dictionary * Apache Indian Dictionary * Blackfoot Language Dictionary:
    Cree Indian Dictionary * Creek/Muskogee Dictionary * Delaware Indian Dictionary:
    Hopi Language Dictionary * Lakota Sioux Dictionary * Maliseet Indian Dictionary:
    Micmac Indian Dictionary * Mohawk-English Dictionary:* Ojibwe Language Dictionary:
    Nahuatl (Aztec) Dictionary: * Salish Dictionary: * Tsimshian Language Dictionary:
    Native American language dictionaries for sale.
Apache Lessons: * Cherokee Lessons: * Cheyenne Lessons: * Chickasaw Lessons:
     Cree Lessons: * Maliseet-Passamaquoddy Lessons: * Mohawk Lessons: * Ojibwe Lessons:
     Shoshoni Lessons:
     Native American language learning books and audio tapes for sale.
Abnaki Language * Achumawi Language * Aleut Language * Algonquin Language * Apache Language
     Arapaho Language: * Atikamekw Language * Blackfoot Language * Cayuga Language * Cheyenne Language
     Comanche Language * Cree Language: * Creek Language * Innu Language * Kickapoo Language
     Lakota Language * Lenape Language * Massachusett Language: * Maya Language * Menominee Language
     Miami-Illinois Language * Michif Language: * Mi'kmaq Language: * Nahuatl Language * Navajo Language
     Ojibwe Language * Shoshoni Language * Tlingit Language * Wiyot Language:
     More materials about individual North American Indian languages.
Arawak Language * Aymara Language: * Carib Language * Guarani Language * Mapudungun Language
     Quechua Language:
     More materials about individual South American Indian languages.



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