Potawatomi | |
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bodwéwadmimwen | |
Native to | United States, Canada |
Region | Michigan, Oklahoma, Indiana, Wisconsin, Kansas, and southern Ontario, formerly Northeastern Illinois |
Ethnicity | Potawatomi |
Native speakers | <10 (2015)[1] 5 first language speakers[citation needed] |
Revival | 2010s |
Algic
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Latin (various alphabets), Great Lakes Algonquian syllabics | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | pot |
Glottolog | pota1247 |
ELP | Potawatomi |
Linguasphere | (Potawatomi) 62-ADA-dc (Potawatomi) |
Potawatomi is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Person | Bodéwadmi (Neshnabé) |
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People | Bodéwadmik (Neshnabék) |
Language | Bodwéwadmimwen (Neshnabémwen) |
Potawatomi (/ˌpɒtəˈwɒtəmi/, also spelled Pottawatomie; in Potawatomi Bodwéwadmimwen, Bodwéwadmi Zheshmowen, or Neshnabémwen) is a Central Algonquian language. It was historically spoken by the Pottawatomi people who lived around the Great Lakes in what are now Michigan and Wisconsin in the United States, and in southern Ontario in Canada. Federally recognized tribes in Michigan and Oklahoma are working to revive the language.