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Erie language

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Extinct Iroquoian language

Erie
Native toUnited States
Regionsouth ofLake Erie
EthnicityErie people
Extinct17th century, 1 known speaker[clarification needed]
Iroquoian ?
  • Northern
    • Erie
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
qgl
Glottologerie1238
Nation du Chat region

Erie is an extinct language formerly spoken aroundLake Erie by theErie people, believed to have beenIroquoian, similar toWyandot. It was poorly documented, and linguists are not certain that this conclusion is correct.

The namesErie andEriez are shortened forms ofErielhonan (/eɹiʔxehˈɹoːnõʔ/, meaning 'nation at the cherry trees'[1]). The "Erie" part of the name means "long tail",[2] referring to local panthers. The Erie were called the "Cat people" (Nation du Chat in French; Hodge 1910,[note 1] Swanton[note 2]).

At least oneloanword survives from the Erie language:Chautauqua, a word of uncertain definition/translation.[3]

Geographical distribution

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Erie territory apparently ranged from at leastPresque Isle Bay in the west to theGenesee River toward the east, and fromBuffalo Creek into northernPennsylvania.[1]

Vocabulary

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[dubious –discuss]

  • Erielhonan (Long Tail)
  • Ronnongwetonwanca (Good Luck)
  • Kahqua/Kahkwa (Possibly the name they called themselves)
  • Gùkulëáwo (Wolf)
  • Chautauqua (A bag tied in the center/middle) or (Two moccasins tied together)

Notes

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  1. ^Erie (Huron:yěñresh, 'it is long-tailed', referring to the eastern puma or panther; Tuscarora,kěn'räks, 'lion', a modern use, Gallicised into Eri and Ri, whence the locatives Eri'e, and Riqué, 'at the place of the panther', are derived. Compare the forms Erieehronon, Eriechronon, and Riquéronon of theJesuit Relations, signifying 'people of the panther'. It is probable that in Iroquois, the puma and the wild-cat were originally referred to by the same generic name, and that the defining term has survived as the name of the puma or panther).It was a populous, sedentary Iroquoian-speaking tribe. In the 17th century, the Erie occupied territory extending south fromLake Erie probably to theOhio River, east to the lands of the Conestoga along the east watershed ofAllegheny River. Their language was thought to resemble that of the Hurons (Wyandot), known as an Iroquoian people.
    Smithsonian Institution Bureau of Ethnology Bulletin #30.
  2. ^"Erie". Meaning in Iroquois, "long tail," and referring to the panther, from which circumstance they are often referred to as the Cat Nation. The Erie belonged to the Iroquoian language family. Also called: GA-quA'-ga-o-no, byLewis Henry Morganal (1851)

References

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  1. ^abJulian, Charles (2010).A history of the Iroquoian languages (phd thesis). Winnipeg, MB: University of Manitoba.
  2. ^Neulander, Judith S. (2024).Folklore of Lake Erie. Indiana University Press.doi:10.2307/jj.12865317.ISBN 978-0-253-06977-1.
  3. ^"Stories behind names of many familiar places".Olean Times Herald. February 7, 2016.
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