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A Vocabulary of Susquehannock
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Language Name
Susquehannock.
Alternate Language Names
We are not aware of any alternative language names.
Region
New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia, United States.
Who
Thomas Campanius Holm, Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, Claudio R. Salvucci (Authors).
Others Involved
Claudio R. Salvucci (Editor); Evolution Publishing and Manufacturing (Publisher); The Long Now Foundation, PanLex Project (Support).
Besides these contributions, we are unable to access information about others who may have been involved in creating this dictionary.
Publishing Information
Published 1996 by Evolution Publishing and Manufacturing, Holland, Pennsylvania. A second edition was published 2007, also by Evolution Publishing and Manufacturing.
How People are Cited
Thomas Campanius Holm is cited on the cover. The Publisher and Support, are cited in the Internet Archive's page for the dictionary, under Publisher and Contributor. The Editor is cited in WorldCat's page for the dictionary. To access this information, the user has to click on Show more information, and scroll down to Notes.
We are unable to access the dictionary to determine how other people, such as speakers and contributors, are cited.
How Information is Cited
The information in this dictionary is cited in Amazon's page for the dictionary. The user has to click on Read more to access the full summary of information provided.
We are unable to access this dictionary to determine how, or where source materials are cited.
Where is Information Coming from
The information in this dictionary comes from the original 1696 Swedish edition (from New Sweden, now formally known as Pennsylvania), and a translated version by Peter S. Duponceau released in 1834.
Tools and Framework used
This dictionary is available as a physical and digital book.
Access
The physical copy of this dictionary can be accessed through libraries. The physical copy of the dictionary can also be purchased for $18.96 USD as a paperback through Amazon.
The digital copy can also be accessed through libraries as an eBook. Another option is to access the digital copy through Internet Archive. An account is needed to access the dictionary, although it can be created for free. At the top of the page there is a Borrow for 1 hour button and an arrow next to it. Users need to borrow the dictionary, or else they will only get a preview of it. By clicking on the arrow, users can also Borrow for 14 days or Print Disability Access for the dictionary. If using this method, the dictionary is only available if another user is not borrowing it.
Included Languages and Directionality
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Dialects Included
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Type of Dictionary
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How are Entries Organised
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Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
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| Guide to use and understand | Unknown | |
| Audio | ❌ | |
| Images | Unknown | |
| Example phrases | Unknown | |
| Speakers marked | Unknown | |
| Dialects marked | Unknown |
Other Notes
Updates to the 2007 edition include additional data such as: a single word from George Alsop's A Character of the Province of Maryland (1666), another single word from Benjamin Smith Barton's New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America (1798), which is allegedly from the Susquehannock remnant at Conestoga, and incidental statements from the Jesuits of Canada and Moravian Bishop Commerhoff which are the only evidence of the Iroquoian languages of Erie and Scahento, spoken in Northern Pennsylvania.
External Links
Reference A Vocabulary of Susquehannock (1996 edition) on WorldCat: https://search.worldcat.org/title/40058769
Open access digital copy of A Vocabulary of Susquehannock (1996 edition) on Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/vocabularyofsusq00holm/mode/1up
Purchase a physical copy of A Vocabulary of Susquehannock (2007 edition) through Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Vocabulary-Susquehannock-American-Language-Reprints/dp/188975885X