Post by joncincy323 on Feb 25, 2004 8:12:00 GMT -5
Hi, I'm new here, so you'll have to bear with me till I get to know everyone. I have a question that I think someone can help me with here.
I've got the beginnings of a novel written that is set in the Ohio Country during the wars of the 1790's. Some of the principal characters will of course be Shawnee and Miami, but I'm sort of stuck as to naming conventions for people and places. About all I currently know about the language of the tribes is that they both belong to the Algonquin linguistic group, and from reading Eckert I know a few specific words with regard to certain characters and towns, but it doesn't help me much in creating new character names or even using casual dialog. For that I need a basic understanding of how the languages work.
Can anyone suggest any references that are useful for translation? I understand there probably aren't too many Shawnee-English dictionaries available out there, but anything that would give me some basics would be of great help.
Thanks a lot.
Jon
I've got the beginnings of a novel written that is set in the Ohio Country during the wars of the 1790's. Some of the principal characters will of course be Shawnee and Miami, but I'm sort of stuck as to naming conventions for people and places. About all I currently know about the language of the tribes is that they both belong to the Algonquin linguistic group, and from reading Eckert I know a few specific words with regard to certain characters and towns, but it doesn't help me much in creating new character names or even using casual dialog. For that I need a basic understanding of how the languages work.
Can anyone suggest any references that are useful for translation? I understand there probably aren't too many Shawnee-English dictionaries available out there, but anything that would give me some basics would be of great help.
Thanks a lot.
Jon
