The Myaamia (Miami) language was spoken by the Illinois and Kaskaskia peoples in Illinois, the Miami, Wea, and Piankashaw peoples in Indiana, and the Peoria people in Eastern Oklahoma. Myaamia is a member of the Central Algonquian branch of the Algic language family. Related languages include Ottawa, Kickapoo, Meskwaki, and Shawnee.
Selected Language Information
Baldwin, Daryl and David J. Costa. 2005. Myaamia Neehi Peewaalia Kaloosioni Mahsinaakani (A Miami-Peoria Dictionary). Miami, OK: Myaamia Publications.
Costa, David J. 1991. The Historical Phonology of Miami-Illinois Consonants. International Journal of American Linguistics. Vol. 57: 3. 365-393.
Costa, David J. 1999. The Kinship Terminology of the Miami-Illinois Language. Anthropological Linguistics. Vol. 41:1. 28-53.
Costa, David J. 2003. The Miami-Illinois Language. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
Costa, David J. 2010. Myaamua Neehi Peewaalia Aacinmoona Neehi Aalhsoohkaana (Myaamia and Peoria Narratives and Winter Stories). Miami, OK: Myaamia Publications.
Masthay, Carl. 2002. Kaskaskia Illinois-to-French Dictionary. New York: Carl Masthay.
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma. 2007. Kaloolitiitaawi: A Myaamia Phrase Book. Miami, OK: Myaamia Publications.
Sample Archival Materials in the Native American Languages Collection
Voegelin, Carl (author). (1938). “Shawnee Stems and the Jacob P. Dunn Miami Dictionary: Part I – Stems in p-.” Akira and Kimiko Yamamato Collection. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Department of Native American Languages. Media: manuscript. Catalog Number: AKY-045.
Ausfahl, James (Research Participant), Daryl Baldwin (Research Participant), Karen Baldwin (Photographer), Mark Boardman (Research Participant), David Costa (Consultant), George Esber (Research Participant), Adolph Greenberg (Research Participant), George Ironstack (Research Participant), Kristen Kasberg (Research Participant), Timothy McCoy (Research Participant), Andrew Strack (Photographer), Zachary Swaidner (Research Participant), Craig Voros (Research Participant), Lauren Wigren (Research Participant). (2013). “Myaamia Kiilhsooki 2013.” Miami Language Program Collection. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Department of Native American Languages. Media: ephemera. Catalog Number: MLP-005.
Robinson, Judy Gibbs (author, speaker). (2005). “Dictionary Reveals Tribe’s Lost Language.” General Field Collection. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Department of Native American Languages. Media: Ephemera. Catalog Number: GEN-219.
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