Wendat Dialects and the Development of the Huron Alliance
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Description: Historical linguistic treatment by John Steckley of Humber College.
WENDAT DIALECTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HURON ALLIANCE The development of the seventeenth century Huron tribal alliance is investigated using evidence from dialect analysis of the phonetic features found in writings of the Wendat language (Huron and Petun). It is suggested that the powerful Bear tribe of the Huron was made up of two ethnic groups, termed the Northern and Southern Bear. The dialect of the Southern Bear is closest to the dialects spoken by the Cord and the Petun, the first 'Wendat' to move north into the area of Georgian Bay. The Northern Bear dialect is similar to that of the Rock, a group which moved north late in the sixteenth century, pointing to their own relatively late arrival into historic Huronia. The identity of the little-known Bog tribe is also considered.
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