Powhatan or Virginia Algonquian is an extinct language of the Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian language family, itself a member of the Algic language family. Powhatan was spoken by the Powhatan people of tidewater Virginia until the late 18th century, dying out in the 1790s after speakers switched to English. What little is known of Powhatan is by way of wordlists recorded by William Strachey (about 500 words) and Captain John Smith (about 50 words).

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  • Powhatan or Virginia Algonquian is an extinct language of the Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian language family, itself a member of the Algic language family. Powhatan was spoken by the Powhatan people of tidewater Virginia until the late 18th century, dying out in the 1790s after speakers switched to English. What little is known of Powhatan is by way of wordlists recorded by William Strachey (about 500 words) and Captain John Smith (about 50 words). Smith also reported a pidgin form of Powhatan, but next to nothing is known of it. Smith’s material was collected between 1607 and 1609, and published in 1612 and again in 1624. There is no indication of the location where he collected his material. Strachey’s material was collected sometime between 1610 and 1611, and probably written up from his notes in 1612 and 1613, after he had returned to England. It was never published, and remained in manuscript form, although Strachey made a second copy in 1618. The second copy was published in 1849, and the first in 1955.
  • Le powhatan (ou algonquien de Virginie) est une langue algonquienne orientale qui était parlée du sud de la baie de Pamlico à la baie de Chesapeake (à l'emplacement actuel de la Caroline du Nord et de la Virginie). Powhatan (litt. « les cascades ») est en réalité le nom du village du chef indien Wahunsunacock, avec lequel les premiers colons anglais, missionnés par Walter Raleigh, eurent à traiter. La ville de Richmond s'est construite sur l'emplacement de ce village. Cette langue devait être très proche du dialecte lenape parlé dans le Delaware. Elle a maintenant disparu, bien qu'il subsiste 3000 indiens d'ethnie Powhatan. Des tentatives de restitution ont été opérées à partir des témoignages historiques des colons anglais : Thomas Harriot, qui écrivit une grammaire de l'algonquin, mit au point un alphabet phonétique, et donna quelques termes dans son récit A briefe and true report... (1588). Le court lexique de John Smith. Un vocabulaire recueilli par William Strachey, durant son séjour à Jamestown, en 1610-1611, et resté inédit.
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  • Powhatan or Virginia Algonquian is an extinct language of the Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian language family, itself a member of the Algic language family. Powhatan was spoken by the Powhatan people of tidewater Virginia until the late 18th century, dying out in the 1790s after speakers switched to English. What little is known of Powhatan is by way of wordlists recorded by William Strachey (about 500 words) and Captain John Smith (about 50 words).
  • Le powhatan (ou algonquien de Virginie) est une langue algonquienne orientale qui était parlée du sud de la baie de Pamlico à la baie de Chesapeake (à l'emplacement actuel de la Caroline du Nord et de la Virginie). Powhatan (litt. « les cascades ») est en réalité le nom du village du chef indien Wahunsunacock, avec lequel les premiers colons anglais, missionnés par Walter Raleigh, eurent à traiter. La ville de Richmond s'est construite sur l'emplacement de ce village.
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