Locatives and wa- problems.

David Costa pankihtamwa at EARTHLINK.NET
Sat Sep 7 21:48:12 UTC 2013


Bob, are you aware of any Algonquian influences on Hochunk? Despite their being an island of Siouan in a sea of Algonquian languages, they seem to have mixed very little with the Algonquians in Wisconsin. I'm not aware of a single Hochunk loan in any Algonquian language. 

Dave

> It’s hard to say whether the “different” Hochunk pattern represents a retention of something lost everywhere else or an innovation, perhaps brought on by extensive contact with Algonquian, 

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