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Indigenous language family of North America
Algic languages (/ˈælɡɪk/ AL-ghik), also Algonquian–Wiyot–Yurok or Algonquian–Ritwan, are an indigenous language family of North America. Most Algic languages
Algic_languages
Reconstructed ancestor of the Algic languages
Proto-Algic (sometimes abbreviated PAc) is the proto-language from which the Algic languages (Wiyot language, Yurok language, and Proto-Algonquian) are
Proto-Algic_language
Subfamily of the Algic languages of North America
Algonquian languages (/æl.ˈɡɒŋ.k(w)i.ən/ al-GONG-k(w)ee-ən; also Algonkian) are a branch of the Algic language family. The name of the Algonquian language family
Algonquian_languages
Hypothetical language family of North America
was arguing for a relationship between the Nivkh language, the Algic languages and the Wakashan languages, also proposed a more remote relationship between
Algonquian–Wakashan_languages
Reconstructed ancestor of the Algonquian languages
and most thoroughly reconstructed proto-languages. It is descended from Proto-Algic. Most Algonquian languages are similar enough that their relatedness
Proto-Algonquian_language
Eastern Algonquian language
English, and Míkmaq, Míkmaw and Mìgmao in Miꞌkmaq. Miꞌkmaq is one of the Algic languages, a family that once spanned from a small portion of California across
Mi'kmaq_language
Algonquian language
The Massachusett language is an Algonquian language of the Algic language family that was formerly spoken by several peoples of eastern coastal and southeastern
Massachusett_language
well as the Apachean languages of the Southwestern United States. The Algic languages, including the large Algonquian branch, are widespread across Canada
Languages_of_North_America
languages have always been spoken in Canada. Prior to Confederation, the territories that would become Canada were home to over 70 distinct languages
Languages_of_Canada
Central Algonquian language of North America
Algonquian language family, of which Ojibwemowin is itself a member, forms a branch of the Algic language family, other non-Algonquian Algic languages being
Ojibwe_language
Yurok (Algic) Some languages without noun class may have noun classifiers instead. This is common in East Asian languages. American Sign Language Bengali
List of languages by type of grammatical genders
List_of_languages_by_type_of_grammatical_genders
Paleosiberian language family
Nivkh and the Algic languages of North America, and a more distant relationship between these two together and the Wakashan languages of coastal British
Nivkh_languages
Language subgroup
Central Algonquian languages are commonly grouped together as a subgroup of the larger Algonquian family, itself a member of the Algic family. Though the
Central_Algonquian_languages
Native American language family
systematic relationship between the Nivkh language of Sakhalin island and the Amur river basin and the Algic languages, and a secondary relationship between
Wakashan_languages
Extinct Algic language of California
Soulatluk (lit. 'your jaw') is an Algic language spoken by the Wiyot people of Humboldt Bay, California. The language's last native speaker, Della Prince
Wiyot_language
Indigenous people in California, United States
almost to Crescent City along the north coast. Their Yurok language is an Algic language. Today, Yurok people are enrolled in the federally recognized
Yurok
Moribund Algic language of California
Pekwan, Rikwa, Sugon, Weitspek, Weitspekan) is an Algic language. It is the traditional language of the Yurok people of Del Norte County and Humboldt
Yurok_language
Hypothetical language family
Nivkh and the Algic languages of North America, and a more distant relationship between these two together and the Wakashan languages of coastal British
Mosan_languages
indigenous languages north of Mexico grouped into 30 families and 24 isolates not counting about hundred unclassified languages. The Na-Dené, Algic, and Uto-Aztecan
Indigenous languages of the Americas
Indigenous_languages_of_the_Americas
Algonquian language
is an endangered language of the Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian language family, itself a branch of the Algic language family. Munsee is
Munsee_language
Nearly extinct Algonquian language
2017. "Abnaki-Penobscot (Abenaki Language)". Native Languages of the Americas. Retrieved April 18, 2017. "Native Languages of the Americas: Penobscot (Eastern
Western_Abenaki_language
(Eskimo–Aleut languages) Subarctic culture area – (Na-Dene languages and Algic languages) Eastern Woodlands (Northeast) cultural area – (Algic languages and Iroquoian
Former colonies and territories in Canada
Former_colonies_and_territories_in_Canada
Dialect of the Fox language
Their language is included in the Central Algonquian languages subgroup of the Algonquian languages family, itself a member of the Algic language family
Kickapoo_language
Cree linguist
worked on teaching and documenting the Plains Cree language. In 1982, Okimāsis started work on Cree language programs at the Saskatchewan Indian Federated
Jean_Okimāsis
Cree language of southwestern Quebec, Canada
which is part of the Central branch of the Algonquian languages of the Algic family of languages. It is sometimes classified as a dialect of Cree.[citation
Atikamekw_language
Region where a proto-language was spoken
question. Algic The Algic languages are distributed from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast of North America. It is suggested that Proto-Algic was spoken
Linguistic_homeland
German-born Canadian researcher, editor, translator
cultural preservationist Freda Ahenakew, and authority on the Algonquian languages David Pentland. Plains Cree: A Grammatical Study. American Philosophical
H._C._Wolfart
American linguist (1909–1967)
languages, he began a life work in comparative linguistics. In the 1930s, Swadesh conducted extensive fieldwork on more than 20 indigenous languages of
Morris_Swadesh
English Baptist minister, theologian, author, and founder of Rhode Island
received a Bachelor of Arts in 1627. He demonstrated a facility with languages, acquiring familiarity with Latin, Hebrew, Greek, Dutch, and French at
Roger_Williams
American linguist (born 1960)
universal properties of languages, but rather the result of sound changes that are guided by the common tendencies of language transmission. In 2001, Blevins
Juliette_Blevins
American linguist (born 1941)
began working with California languages. Hinton specializes in American Indian languages, sociolinguistics, and language revitalization. She has been described
Leanne_Hinton
Subgroup of the Algonquian languages
Algonquian languages constitute a subgroup of the Algonquian languages. Prior to European contact, Eastern Algonquian consisted of at least 17 languages, whose
Eastern_Algonquian_languages
Algonquian language
(Thâkîwaki language), is either a dialect of the Fox language or a distinct language spoken by the Sauk people. One of the many Algonquian languages, it is
Sauk_language
founder of New Orleans, who impressed him with his knowledge of Indian languages. In 1701 Gravier wrote a detailed account of the native Calumet ceremony
Jacques_Gravier
nineteen, Rand was introduced to English grammar and he began the study of languages. By age 21, he began teaching grammar. At 23, he entered Horton Academy
Silas_Tertius_Rand
Systems for writing the Native American language Massachusett
indigenous Algonquian language of the Algic language family. At the time Europeans colonized the region, Massachusett was the primary language of several peoples
Massachusett_writing_systems
Algonquian language spoken in the United States
one of the Algonquian languages, which is a subcategory of the Algic languages. Specifically, it is a Plains Algonquian language. Although, Plains Algonquian
Cheyenne_language
American linguist and anthropologist (1884–1939)
produce evidence for the classification of the Algic, Uto-Aztecan, and Na-Dene languages. He proposed some language families that are not considered to have
Edward_Sapir
(Eskaleut languages) Subarctic culture area (Na-Dene languages and Algic languages) Eastern Woodlands (Northeast) cultural area (Algic languages and Iroquoian
Indigenous_peoples_in_Canada
Native American languages centered around the Delaware River
source language, Proto-Algonquian, which was descended from Algic. The Algonquian languages are spoken across Canada from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic
Delaware_languages
He served as an interpreter between his native Munsee language, English, and Iroquoian languages, and assisted Oronhyatekha with a vocabulary of Munsee/Lenape
Albert_Anthony
Algonquian language
expectation. Menominee is one of the Algonquian languages, which are part of the larger family of Algic languages. Goddard (1996) and Mithun (1999) classify
Menominee_language
Caddoan languages Algonquian languages Algic languages, Siouan–Catawban languages, Uto-Aztecan languages, Salishan languages, Tanoan languages Eskimo–Aleut
Native American cultures in the United States
Native_American_cultures_in_the_United_States
Linguist
California, Berkeley. She has worked on documenting various Indigenous languages of North America, especially Menominee and Potawatomi. She has published
Monica_Macaulay
Plains Algonquian language of North America
the Cheyenne living in western Oklahoma. Arapaho is an Algonquian language of the Algic family. By the 1850s, Arapaho bands formed two tribes: the Northern
Arapaho_language
century (Ternate) Northwest Caucasian: 17th century (Abkhaz, Adyghe, Ubykh) Algic: 17th century 17th century: East Algonquian (Massachusett) 19th century:
List of languages by first written account
List_of_languages_by_first_written_account
Extinct Eastern-Algonquian language
similarly extinct language of the Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian language family, itself a member of the Algic language family. In 1584 Sir
Carolina_Algonquian_language
Algonquian language spoken in US and Mexico
2012. Native Languages of the Americas: Mesquakie-Sauk Meskwaki Language - Alphabet OLAC resources in and about the Meskwaki language OLAC resources
Fox_language
English-Canadian Wesleyan Methodist missionary and amateur linguist
writing system for Ojibwe and Cree, which was later adapted to other languages such as Inuktitut. Evans was born in Kingston-upon-Hull in England, but
James_Evans_(linguist)
Algonquian language
Keepers, which attempts to document endangered languages and increase public group discourse in these languages, has worked with the Passamaquoddy and Wolastoqey
Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language
Maliseet-Passamaquoddy_language
American linguist
his expertise in Native American languages. He was hired in 2004 to reconstruct the long extinct Powhatan language for use in the film The New World
Blair_A._Rudes
American anthropologist (1876–1960)
Native American languages in North America, being responsible for theoretical groupings such as Penutian and Hokan, based on common languages. He is noted
Alfred_Kroeber
Historian, interpreter, and legislator in the Minnesota Territory
William Whipple Warren (May 27, 1825 – June 1, 1853) was a historian, interpreter, and legislator in the Minnesota Territory. The son of Lyman Marcus Warren
William_Whipple_Warren
(list) Proto-Viet-Muong Proto-Munda Proto-Eskaleut language Proto-Eskimo Proto-Inuit Proto-Algic Proto-Algonquian Proto-Muskogean Proto-Iroquoian Proto-Uto-Aztecan
List_of_proto-languages
Indigenous people of modern Connecticut
subgroup of the larger Algonquian language family, itself a branch of the Algic languages, one of the most widespread language families in pre-contact North
Mohegan
Algonquian language spoken in North America
younger speakers. Among the Algonquian languages, Blackfoot is relatively divergent in phonology and lexicon. The language has a fairly small phoneme inventory
Blackfoot_language
Language subgroup
Plains Algonquian languages are commonly grouped together as a subgroup of the larger Algonquian family, itself a member of the Algic family. Though the
Plains_Algonquian_languages
Austrian ethnologist and ethnohistorian
featured prominently in an article on science.orf dealing with German language terminology in use to refer to Native Americans as well as with unwanted
Christian_Feest
American linguist (1916–2000)
linguistics in the Division of Modern Languages at Cornell University where he was responsible for directing the Chinese language program. In 1957, Hockett became
Charles_F._Hockett
Canadian linguist (born 1965)
2018[update], Wolvengrey is Professor of Algonquian Languages and Linguistics in the Department of Indigenous Languages, Arts and Cultures at the First Nations University
Arok_Wolvengrey
Professor of linguistics
syntactic theory and cross-linguistic variation with a focus on Mayan languages. She has published work on topics including ergativity, split ergativity
Jessica_Coon
Mixed language of the Métis people
Language portal Bungi Creole Chinook Jargon Journal of Indigenous Studies Lists of extinct languages Lists of endangered languages Lists of languages
Michif
American pathologist and linguist (1912–1998)
an American pathologist who became a leading authority on Algonquian languages, including Penobscot, for which he compiled a dictionary. Siebert was
Frank_Siebert
English linguist (1921–2000)
several diverse areas, including Firthian prosodic analysis, endangered languages and the history of linguistic thought. He wrote two popular textbooks
R._H._Robins
Ethnic group of far eastern Russia
between Nivkh and the Algic languages of North America and a more distant relationship between these two together and the Wakashan languages of coastal British
Nivkh_people
Indigenous Canadian academic and author (1950–2021)
Cote strongly believed in the importance of preserving First Nations languages and recorded 17 elders for the purposes of transcribing and translating
Margaret_Cote
extant Algonquian languages with native speakers. The Massachusett language is an eastern branch Algonquian language within the Algic language family. It was
Massachusett_phonology
Indigenous language of Tidewater Virginia
Powhatan is an Algic language. It is closely related to Unami, Munsee, Nanticoke, Massachusett, and other Eastern Algonquian languages, is more distantly
Powhatan_language
American linguist (1920–2019)
authority on Indo-European linguistics, with particular interests in Celtic languages and Albanian. Unlike many Indo-Europeanists, who work entirely on the
Eric_P._Hamp
American anthropologist
explicit agreement not to duplicate one another's work, Dixon working on languages and cultures in northeastern California and the northern Sierra Nevada
Roland_Burrage_Dixon
American ethnologist (1837–1899)
Retrieved 2013-04-24. (Exposé of the hoax grammar of the so-called Taensa language.) A Lenâpé-English Dictionary. self published. 1889. Ancient nahuatl poetry
Daniel_Garrison_Brinton
American scholar and linguist (born 1942)
Indian languages, documentation and revitalization of endangered languages, typology, sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, and Uralic languages. Campbell
Lyle_Campbell
American linguist (1906–1986)
leading authorities on Indigenous languages of North America, specifically the Algonquian and Uto-Aztecan languages. He published works on the Delaware
Charles_F._Voegelin
Dutch linguist and anthropologist (1866–1951)
books and articles on Germanic and Balto-Slavic languages, Sanskrit, Basque, and the Blackfoot language of North American Indians. He served as a lecturer
C._C._Uhlenbeck
Burmese language, Pyu language, Nagari Teeter, Karl van Duyn (United States, 1929– 2007), Algic languages, endangered languages Thieberger, Nicholas (Australia)
List_of_linguists
Extinct Algonquian language of US
as Mahican, is a language of the Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian language family, itself a member of the Algic language family. It was spoken
Mohican_language
American linguist (1941–2025)
considered the leading expert of his time on the Algonquian languages and the larger Algic language family. Goddard received his A.B. from Harvard College
Ives_Goddard
Ethnic group
the Algic language family. The University of Maine published a comprehensive Passamaquoddy Dictionary in 2008. Another resource for the language is the
Passamaquoddy
Dutch linguist
wrote his thesis on the language of the Blackfoot Indians in North America but spent his career studying the Spanish language and Spanish culture. In
Gerardus_Johannes_Geers
American linguist (born 1946)
variety of languages from a wide variety of language families, but specializes in Native American languages. Besides Iroquoian languages, she has also
Marianne_Mithun
American anthropologist (1881–1950)
Dyneley Prince, who encouraged his interests in Native American Indian language and culture, he was introduced to anthropologist Franz Boas. Around 1900
Frank_Speck
Catholic missionary and bishop (1797–1868)
Difficulties in recruiting staff arose because of many languages; while Baraga spoke eight languages fluently, he had trouble recruiting priests who could
Frederic_Baraga
American linguist
the Algonquian languages were related to Wiyot and Yurok, two languages of California, through common membership in the Algic language family. Although
Truman_Michelson
American theologian and linguist
relatedness of Algonquian languages throughout northeastern North America and their distinctness from the neighboring Iroquoian languages. Edwards's work on
Jonathan Edwards (the younger)
Jonathan_Edwards_(the_younger)
American linguist
linguistics at MIT. He became fascinated with Algonquian languages after a class in the Fox language from Ives Goddard at Harvard soon after finishing his
Philip_LeSourd
Indigenous name for a dialect of the Ojibwe language
Ojibwa is a member of the Algonquian language family, itself a member of the Algic language family. The language is often referred to in English as Oji-Cree
Oji-Cree_language
official language, with three states and most territories having adopted English plus one or more other official languages. Overall, 430 languages are spoken
Languages of the United States
Languages_of_the_United_States
American-Canadian linguist
throughout his career, focusing on the Algonquian languages and the reconstruction of Proto-Algic. He taught at St. Francis Xavier University and Brandon
Paul_Proulx
American linguist (1910–1996)
studying various languages during the summer months. Over the ten-year period from 1931 to 1941, Haas studied the Wakashan language Nitinat (Ditidaht)
Mary_Haas
Extinct Arapahoan language
Nakoda College was teaching the language to 26 students, up from 11 students in 2006. Mithun 1999, p. 336 "Detailed Languages Spoken at Home and Ability to
Gros_Ventre_language
Central Algonquian language
working to revive the language. Potawatomi is a member of the Algonquian language family (itself a member of the larger Algic stock). It is usually classified
Potawatomi_language
Distinct Algonquian-Ojibwe language of Ontario and Quebec
tense, etc. Omàmìwininìmowin (Algonquin) is an Algonquian language, of the Algic family of languages, and is descended from Proto-Algonquian. It is considered
Algonquin_language
International standard codes for language families
639-5:2008 "Codes for the representation of names of languages—Part 5: Alpha-3 code for language families and groups" is an international standard published
ISO_639-5
Phonetic sound in some languages
occurring in less than one percent of all languages. However, they occur in two of the most widely spoken languages: North American English and many varieties
R-colored_vowel
United States Moravian missionary
a member of the American Antiquarian Society. Heckewelder studied the languages, manners, and customs of American Indians, particularly the Delawares
John_Heckewelder
a list of pidgins, creoles, mixed languages and cants that are based or partially based on Indo-European languages. Solombala English, from Solombala
List of pidgins, creoles, mixed languages and cants based on Indo-European languages
List_of_pidgins,_creoles,_mixed_languages_and_cants_based_on_Indo-European_languages
Language that has no demonstrable genetic relationship with other languages
Ryukyuan languages), and Georgian to be the Kartvelian language family. There is a difference between language isolates and unclassified languages, but they
Language_isolate
American linguist (1934–2001)
previously unstudied and often endangered languages—especially indigenous languages of North America and Australia. Languages investigated by Hale include Navajo
Kenneth_L._Hale
American linguist and diplomat
had a strong interest in foreign languages as a child, acquiring basic skills in speaking the Romani and Shelta languages by the age of 12, after reading
John_Dyneley_Prince
Indigenous languages of the Americas Arctic cultural area – (Eskimo–Aleut languages) Subarctic culture area – (Na-Dene languages – Algic languages) Eastern
Index of articles related to Indigenous Canadians
Index_of_articles_related_to_Indigenous_Canadians
ALGIC LANGUAGES
ALGIC LANGUAGES
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of the female personal name Elizabeth. Compare Hibbs 2.English : nickname for someone with very fair hair or skin, from Middle English, Old English lilie ‘lily’ (Latin lilium). The Italian equivalent Giglio was used as a personal name in the Middle Ages. In English and other languages there has also been some confusion with forms of Giles.English : habitational name from places called Lilley, in Hertfordshire and Berkshire. The Hertfordshire place was named in Old English as ‘flax-glade’, from līn ‘flax’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The Berkshire name is from Old English Lillinglēah ‘wood associated with Lilla’, an Old English personal name.
Surname or Lastname
English and Welsh
English and Welsh : patronymic from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John). The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. In North America this name has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988).
Boy/Male
Anglo, Australian, British, English, French, German, Teutonic
Ruler of All; Highborn Ruler; Rules All
Boy/Male
Australian, Christian, Greek
Defender of Mankind
Surname or Lastname
Americanized spelling of German Ludwig, Czech LudvÃk, Polish Ludwik, or cognates in other European languages.English
Americanized spelling of German Ludwig, Czech LudvÃk, Polish Ludwik, or cognates in other European languages.English : habitational name from Ludwick Hall in Bishops Hatfield, Hertfordshire, probably named from the Old English personal name Luda + Old English wÄ«c ‘outlying (dairy) farm’.
Surname or Lastname
English and French (Léonard)
English and French (Léonard) : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements leo ‘lion’ (a late addition to the vocabulary of Germanic name elements, taken from Latin) + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’, which was taken to England by the Normans. A saint of this name, who is supposed to have lived in the 6th century, but about whom nothing is known except for a largely fictional life dating from half a millennium later, was popular throughout Europe in the early Middle Ages and was regarded as the patron of peasants and horses.Irish (Fermanagh) : adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Mac Giolla Fhionáin or of Langan.Americanized form of Italian Leonardo or cognate forms in other European languages.The French Léonard family were at Château Richer, Quebec, by 1698, having come from Maine, France.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : status name or occupational name from Middle English, Old French maresc(h)al ‘marshal’. The term is of Germanic origin (compare Old High German marah ‘horse’, ‘mare’ + scalc ‘servant’). Originally it denoted a man who looked after horses, but by the heyday of medieval surname formation it denoted on the one hand one of the most important servants in a great household (in the royal household a high official of state, one with military responsibilities), and on the other a humble shoeing smith or farrier. It was also an occupational name for a medieval court officer responsible for the custody of prisoners. An even wider range of meanings is found in some other languages: compare for example Polish Marszałek (see Marszalek). The surname is also borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.As the fourth chief justice of the U.S., John Marshall (1755–1835) was the principal architect in consolidating and defining the powers of the Supreme Court. He was a descendant of John Marshall of Ireland, who settled in Culpeper Co., VA, sometime before 1655.
Boy/Male
Teutonic German
Universal ruler.
Male
German
Variant spelling of German Alrich, ALRIC means "all-powerful; ruler of all."
Surname or Lastname
English, French, and German
English, French, and German : from the vernacular form of the Hebrew personal name Yehuda ‘Judah’ (of unknown meaning). In the Bible, this is the name of Jacob’s eldest son. It was not a popular name among Christians in medieval Europe, because of the associations it had with Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Christ for thirty pieces of silver. Among Jews, however, the Hebrew name and its reflexes in various Jewish languages (such as Yiddish Yude) have been popular for generations, and have given rise to many Jewish surnames.French : name for a Jew, Old French jude (Latin Iudaeus, Greek Ioudaios, from Hebrew Yehudi ‘member of the tribe of Judah’).English : from a pet form of Jordan.
Surname or Lastname
English and Dutch
English and Dutch : from Latin Marcus, the personal name of St. Mark the Evangelist, author of the second Gospel. The name was borne also by a number of other early Christian saints. Marcus was an old Roman name, of uncertain (possibly non-Italic) etymology; it may have some connection with the name of the war god Mars. Compare Martin. The personal name was not as popular in England in the Middle Ages as it was on the Continent, especially in Italy, where the evangelist became the patron of Venice and the Venetian Republic, and was allegedly buried at Aquileia. As an American family name, this has absorbed cognate and similar names from other European languages, including Greek Markos and Slavic Marek.English, German, and Dutch (van der Mark) : topographic name for someone who lived on a boundary between two districts, from Middle English merke, Middle High German marc, Middle Dutch marke, merke, all meaning ‘borderland’. The German term also denotes an area of fenced-off land (see Marker 5) and, like the English word, is embodied in various place names which have given rise to habitational names.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Marck, Pas-de-Calais.German : from Marko, a short form of any of the Germanic compound personal names formed with mark ‘borderland’ as the first element, for example Markwardt.Americanization or shortened form of any of several like-sounding Jewish or Slavic surnames (see for example Markow, Markowitz, Markovich).Irish (northeastern Ulster) : probably a short form of Markey (when not of English origin).
Male
English
Short form of English Alexander, ALIC means "defender of mankind."
Boy/Male
French American
With whiskers, bearded. In Norman times, when most men were clean-shaven, this nickname was given...
Boy/Male
Australian, French
Spear; Wealthy
Surname or Lastname
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, etc.
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, etc. : from the Latin personal name Lucas (Greek Loukas) ‘man from Lucania’. Lucania is a region of southern Italy thought to have been named in ancient times with a word meaning ‘bright’ or ‘shining’. Compare Lucio. The Christian name owed its enormous popularity throughout Europe in the Middle Ages to St. Luke the Evangelist, hence the development of this surname and many vernacular derivatives in most of the languages of Europe. Compare Luke. This is also found as an Americanized form of Greek Loukas.Scottish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lùcais (see McLucas).As a French name Lucas has been recorded in Canada since 1653, taken to Trois Rivières, Quebec, by one Lucas-Lépine from Normandy.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : from the Middle English personal name Ma(t)thew, vernacular form of the Greek New Testament name Matthias, Matthaios, which is ultimately from the Hebrew personal name Matityahu ‘gift of God’. This was taken into Latin as Mat(t)hias and Matthaeus respectively, the former being used for the twelfth apostle (who replaced Judas Iscariot) and the latter for the author of the first Gospel. In many European languages this distinction is reflected in different surname forms. The commonest vernacular forms of the personal name, including English Matthew, Old French Matheu, Spanish Mateo, Italian Matteo, Portuguese Mateus, Catalan and Occitan Mateu are generally derived from the form Matthaeus. The American surname Matthew has also absorbed European cognates from other languages, including Greek Mathias and Mattheos.It is found as a personal name among Christians in India, and in the U.S. is used as a family name among families from southern India.
Surname or Lastname
English, German, French, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Lithuanian, Czech and Slovak (Jonáš), and Hungarian (Jónás)
English, German, French, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Lithuanian, Czech and Slovak (Jonáš), and Hungarian (Jónás) : from a medieval personal name, which comes from the Hebrew male personal name Yona, meaning ‘dove’. In the book of the Bible which bears his name, Jonah was appointed by God to preach repentance to the city of Nineveh, but tried to flee instead to Tarshish. On the voyage to Tarshish, a great storm blew up, and Jonah was thrown overboard by his shipmates to appease God’s wrath, swallowed by a great fish, and delivered by it on the shores of Nineveh. This story exercised a powerful hold on the popular imagination in medieval Europe, and the personal name was a relatively common choice. The Hebrew name and its reflexes in other languages (for example Yiddish Yoyne) have been popular Jewish personal names for generations. There are also saints, martyrs, and bishops called Jonas venerated in the Orthodox Church. Ionas is found as a Greek family name.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : respelling of Yonis, with Yiddish possessive -s.
Surname or Lastname
English, French, Danish, Dutch, and German
English, French, Danish, Dutch, and German : from a short form of the personal name Matthias (see Matthew) or any of its many cognates, for example Norman French Maheu.English, French, Dutch, and German : from a nickname or personal name taken from the month of May (Middle English, Old French mai, Middle High German meie, from Latin Maius (mensis), from Maia, a minor Roman goddess of fertility). This name was sometimes bestowed on someone born or baptized in the month of May; it was also used to refer to someone of a sunny disposition, or who had some anecdotal connection with the month of May, such as owing a feudal obligation then.English : nickname from Middle English may ‘young man or woman’.Irish (Connacht and Midlands) : when not of English origin (see 1–3 above), this is an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Miadhaigh ‘descendant of Miadhach’, a personal name or byname meaning ‘honorable’, ‘proud’.French : habitational name from any of various places called May or Le May.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : habitational name from Mayen, a place in western Germany.Americanized spelling of cognates of 1 in various European languages, for example Swedish Ma(i)j.Chinese : possibly a variant of Mei 1, although this spelling occurs more often for the given name than for the surname.Cape May, at the mouth of Delaware Bay, is named after the Dutch explorer Cornelius Jacobsen May.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the male personal name Manasseh, Hebrew Menashe ‘one who causes to forget’ (see Manasse), borne in the Middle Ages by Christians as well as by Jews. Hebrew Menashe and its reflexes in other Jewish languages have always been popular among Jews.English : occupational name for someone who made handles for agricultural and domestic implements, from an agent derivative of Anglo-Norman French mance ‘handle’ (Old French manche, Late Latin manicus, a derivative of manus ‘hand’).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Matthew. In North America, this form has assimilated numerous vernacular derivatives in other languages of Latin Mat(t)hias and Matthaeus.Irish (Ulster and County Louth) : used as an Americanized form of McMahon.
ALGIC LANGUAGES
ALGIC LANGUAGES
Male
Dutch
, supplanter.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Devotional place, Pilgrimage spot, Varanasi, The holy city
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Brilliant Jewel; Beautiful; Precious
Girl/Female
Arabic American Biblical Hebrew
Little dove. In the bible one of Job's three daughters known as the most beautiful women of their...
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Beautiful
Boy/Male
Hindu
Calm, Tranquil, Stedy, Quiet
Boy/Male
Cambodian
Stars.
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
Colorless
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord Shiva, Auspicious, Lucky
Girl/Female
Arabic
Comfort
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ALGIC LANGUAGES
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superl.
Applied to forms in Anglo-Saxon, etc., which retain the old declensional endings. In the Teutonic languages the vowel stems have held the original endings most firmly, and are called strong; the stems in -n are called weak other constant stems conform, or are irregular.
sing.
A Bible consisting of four different Greek versions arranged in four columns by Origen; hence, any version in four languages or four columns.
n.
One of the three surd mutes /, /, /; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, /, /, /, and their aspirates, /, /, /. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages.
n.
The languages, or rather the several dialects, which were originally forms of popular or vulgar Latin, and have now developed into Italian. Spanish, French, etc. (called the Romanic languages).
a.
Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, -- as is the case in the aboriginal languages of America.
n.
Same as Tsetse. U () the twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, is a cursive form of the letter V, with which it was formerly used interchangeably, both letters being then used both as vowels and consonants. U and V are now, however, differentiated, U being used only as a vowel or semivowel, and V only as a consonant. The true primary vowel sound of U, in Anglo-Saxon, was the sound which it still retains in most of the languages of Europe, that of long oo, as in tool, and short oo, as in wood, answering to the French ou in tour. Etymologically U is most closely related to o, y (vowel), w, and v; as in two, duet, dyad, twice; top, tuft; sop, sup; auspice, aviary. See V, also O and Y.
n.
The language of the ancient Germans; the Teutonic languages, collectively.
n.
A table of syllables; more especially, a table of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of letters.
a.
Containing, or consisting of, three languages; expressed in three languages.
a.
Of or pertaining to any of the Teutonic languages, or the peoples who speak these languages.
v. t.
To apply the mind to; to read and examine for the purpose of learning and understanding; as, to study law or theology; to study languages.
n.
The Tamil language, the most important of the Dravidian languages. See Dravidian, a.
a.
Cold; chilly.
n.
The group of allied languages spoken by the Slavs.
n.
Of or pertaining to any or all of the various languages which, during the Middle Ages, sprung out of the old Roman, or popular form of Latin, as the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Provencal, etc.
n.
A sound, of consonantal character, made with a rapid succession of partial or entire intermissions, by the vibration of some one part of the organs in the mouth -- tongue, uvula, epiglottis, or lip -- against another part; as, the r is a trill in most languages.
n.
A change of the natural order of words in a sentence; as, the Latin and Greek languages admit transposition, without inconvenience, to a much greater extent than the English.
n.
The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda.
a.
Of or pertaining to the Urals and the Altai; as the Ural-Altaic, or Turanian, languages.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of languages of simple structure and low grade (called also Altaic, Ural-Altaic, and Scythian), spoken in the northern parts of Europe and Asia and Central Asia; of pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these languages.