By Charles L. Cutler
Native American loanwords are a very important, notwithstanding little stated, a part of the English language. This booklet indicates how the greater than one-thousand present loanwords have been followed and demonstrates how the altering relationships among Indians and ecu settlers should be traced within the fee of loanword borrowing and the categories of phrases adopted.
Appalachian: from the Appalachian Mountains within the japanese usa, from the Muskogean identify of the Apalachee tribe of Florida
Moose: jap Abenaki mos; Papoose: Narragansett papoos, baby; Squash: Narragansett askutasquash; Texas: from a Caddo observe, which means "friends" or "allies."
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