Aln8ba8dwaw8gan

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Abenaki Aln8ba8dwaw8gan.

Proper noun

Aln8ba8dwaw8gan

  1. Synonym of Western Abenaki.
    • 2019 July 20, Ka’nhehsí:io Deer, “Restoration of 18th-century choir book in Abenaki language may help revitalization efforts”, in CBC News‎[1], archived from the original on 28 June 2022:
      The manuscript was written in 1750 by Father Joseph Aubery, a Jesuit priest from France assigned to the Saint-François-de-Sales Roman Catholic mission from 1709 until he died in 1756. It's one of the few and earliest documents available in Aln8ba8dwaw8gan, the Abenaki language.
    • 2023, Report on the Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Quebec, 2022: Report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs‎[2], House of Commons, Canada, archived from the original on 26 January 2025, page 21:
      In a letter to Mr. Plamondon dated 10 January 2023, Denys Bernard, Director General of the Grand Council of the Waban-Aki Nation, said that the term “Aln8bak” translates to “human beings” or “Abenakis” in Aln8ba8dwaw8gan, the Abenaki language, and that the “8” is pronounced as a nasal “Ô” as in the sound “on.”
    • 2025, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Multi-species Action Plan for the Richelieu River Watershed in Canada (Species at Risk Act Action Plan Series)‎[3], Ottawa: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, page 10:
      Masesoliantegw is the name currently given to the Richelieu River in Aln8ba8dwaw8gan, the language of the W8banakiak, and it means “river with a lot of silver.” However, the W8banakiak have known this river since time immemorial and it bore a number of distinct names throughout the eras.
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