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English: This lesson introduces color terms for animate and inanimate singular nouns. Some of the images in this lesson are derived from http://www.native-languages.org/. If you enjoyed this lesson, please consider making a donation to them.

Author: Keith Cunningham (Wasëchedek Wënchoteh)

The copyright to this lesson belongs to the Nanticoke Indian Association (copyright 2021. Pay no attention to the old slide at the beginning of the presentation...), but it is free to distribute for non-commercial education purposes. The copyright to the works cited herein belong to their respective authors. If you use any material in this video in a derivative work, please cite as follows:

Cunningham, Keith A. (2021, January 31) Nanticoke Language Lessons - Colors [video] YouTube.

Acknowledgements:

This video is dedicated to the departed speakers of Nanticoke, as well as their descendants for whom I hope these lessons will be of benefit. I would like to thank the following individuals for their guidance throughout the course of my research:

Nanticoke Contributors Karelle Hall - Anthropological Linguist, Nanticoke Indian Tribe Brett Jackson - Assistant Chief, Nanticoke Indian Tribe Mr. Sterling Street - Nanticoke Indian Museum Coordinator Yopitkwshaasit Skwe (Latonian Dunson) - Natkok Tidewater Language

Academic Contributors Dr. David Costa - Miami University Dr. Ives Goddard - Smithsonian Institution Dr. Craig Kopris Dr. Monica MacAuley - University of Wisconsin - Madison Dr. Lourdes Ortega - Georgetown University Dr. Joe Salmons - University of Wisconsin - Madison

The etymologies for "white", "red", and "cardinal" are based upon Pentland (1979), though I have modified the endings.

Pentland, David H. (1979). Algonquian Historical Phonology. PhD Thesis, University of Toronto.

The etymologies for "yellow" and "black" are derived from Myrelene Ranville's lesson materials that she presented at the Nanticoke Indian Association in 2006 and 2008.

The etymology for "blue" is based on Dunson (2018) with slight phonetic modifications. The word "grey" is derived from her work as well.

The word for "coal" is derived from Virginia Algonquian as reconstructed by Frank Siebert (1975). "Blue Jay" is borrowed from Unami Delaware (www.talk-lenape.org). "Wolf" is reconstructed based on the Unami etymon "winkeòhkwèt", which in Unami means "raven" or "lion", and literally means "one who likes meat".

All other etymologies are my own reconstructions.

Image credits:

File:Blue_Jay_(Jim_Ridley_2010.).jpg Jim Ridley 2010., CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

File:Corvus_caurinus_(profile).jpg Ianaré Sévi, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

File:A_History_of_Land_Mammals_in_the_Western_Hemisphere_Fig._71.jpg William Berryman Scott, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

File:Litoria_phyllochroa.JPG User:Froggydarb, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons

File:Leaf_1_web.jpg Jon Sullivan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

File:White_House_north_and_south_sides.jpg (top)Cezary p(bottom)MattWade, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

File:Yellow_corn.jpg Dalia fathallah, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

File:Pirogue_on_the_Mekong_under_grey_clouds_before_a_storm.jpg

Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons