Laurentian > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Laurentian
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
St. Lawrence Iroquoian; Saint Lawrence Iroquoian
Once Spoken in:
Canada
Code:
lre
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
LINGUIST List
Families:
Iroquoian
Parent Subgroup:
Lake Iroquoian; Proto-Lake Iroquoian (exap)
Brief Description:
"Laurentian was a Northern Iroquoian language spoken in the sixteenth century along the St. Lawrence River in Quebec. It is known only from the wordlists collected by the explorer Jacques Cartier during his two visits in 1534 and 1536. Examination of the data suggests they represent more than one dialect. By the time Champlain visited the area in 1603 the Laurentians had vanished." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 17
Linguist List Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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