Also Known As:
Abenaki (Western), Abnaki (Western), Abnaki, Western, Abenaki, Abenaqui, St. Francis, Abnaki, St Francis
Dialects & Varieties
The World Atlas of Language Structures
2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
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USA; Canada
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Recent Resources
This book talks about lots of Abenaki words and culture and history.
Honors Thesis, Dartmouth College.
Brief, detailed sketch of the Western Abenaki Language.
The largest modern community is in Quebec, at the Odanak Reserve on the St. François River, where a handful of elderly fluent speakers survive. In addition about 2,000 people of Western Abenaki descent live in Vermont around the northern end of Lake Champlain.