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Waponahki

Waponahki is the alternative spelling of Abenaki.

Meaning of Abenaki

Proper noun

Abenaki

  1. A complex of Eastern Algonquian lects, originally spoken in what is now Maine, and Quebec, divided into Western Abenaki and Eastern Abenaki (Penobscot).
  2. The Western Abenaki language.
    • The manuscript was written in 1750 by Father Joseph Aubery, a Jesuit priest from France assigned to the Saint-François-de-Sales Roman Catholic mission from 1709 until he died in 1756. It's one of the few and earliest documents available in Aln8ba8dwaw8gan, the Abenaki language.2019 July 20, Ka’nhehsí:io Deer, “Restoration of 18th-century choir book in Abenaki language may help revitalization efforts”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2022

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Questions about Waponahki

What is Waponahki the alternative spelling of?
Waponahki is the alternative spelling of Abenaki.

Words near Waponahki in the dictionary

  1. Wapleses
  2. Wapley
  3. WaPo
  4. Wapogoro
  5. Wapokomo
  6. Waponahki
  7. wapp
  8. wappato
  9. wappatoes
  10. wappatoo
  11. wappatos

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