Nisinoon
A multilingual dictionary database of Algonquian derivational morphemes
Introduction
This project is an NSF-funded cross-linguistic database of the components which make up words in Algonquian languages. There are two main goals:
- To provide tribes with a source for lexical expansion for their language revitalization/reclamation projects.
- To provide a basis for comprehensive reconstruction of Proto-Algonquian.
This database is a web-based, open-access, centralized resource for Algonquian word components, providing community members and linguists with a set of data that has previously been difficult to access. Explore the database here.
Contents
- Introduction
- Project Team
- Advisory Board
- What does Nisinoon mean?
- Basics of Algonquian Word Structure
- Algonquian Components Bibliography
- How to Cite this Project
- Former Team Members
Project Team (back to contents)
- Monica Macaulay, Project Lead (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Hunter Thompson Lockwood, Co-Project Lead (The Myaamia Center)
- Daniel W. Hieber (“Danny”), Data Manager, Lead Developer (Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana)
Advisory Board (back to contents)
- Sarah Babinski, University of Zürich
- jessie little doe baird, Mashpee Wampanoag
- Daryl Baldwin, Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Myaamia Center
- David Costa, Myaamia Center
- Marie-Odile Junker, Carleton University
- Will Oxford, University of Manitoba
- Yolanda Pushetonequa, Meskwaki Nation; University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Michael Migizi Sullivan, Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Immersion School
- Rand Valentine, University of Wisconsin
- Natalie Weber, Yale University
- Arok Wolvengrey, First Nations University of Canada
What does Nisinoon mean? (back to contents)
Nisinoon is an Ojibwe word meaning ‘there are three’. We chose it to represent the tripartite structure of Algonquian words (initial-medial-final). Click on the word to learn more about the word and hear it pronounced.
Basics of Algonquian Word Structure (back to contents)
Read an overview of word structure in Algonquian languages here.
Algonquian Components Bibliography (back to contents)
The Algonquian Components Bibliography is a set of resources used in the Nisinoon project to collect data on derivational morphemes in Algonquian languages. (It is not intended to be an exhaustive bibliography on Algonquian languages!) It was compiled by Monica Macaulay (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Hunter Lockwood (Myaamia Center, Miami University) with the help of Rachel Fedorchak, Anushri Kartik-Narayan, Eleanor Sand, Leksi Scarr, Savana Stauss, and Jen Stoughton.
If you see an error in this bibliography, or would like to suggest any additions, please email Monica Macaulay at mmacaula@wisc.edu.
See the Algonquian Components Bibliography here.
How to Cite this Project (back to contents)
Monica Macaulay, Hunter T. Lockwood, & Daniel W. Hieber. 2024. Nisinoon: The Algonquian Components Database v0.6.19. https://nisinoon.net. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11459862.
Former Team Members (back to contents)
- Jack Crabb, Undergraduate Research Assistant (University of Wisconsin-Madison), 2023–2024
- Andrea Cudworth, Project Assistant (University of Wisconsin-Madison), 2018-2019
- Thaddeus A. Dockery (“Tad”), Developer (Wisconsin Historical Society), 2019
- Rachel Fedorchak, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Bibliographer (University of Wisconsin-Madison), 2020-2021
- Eli Fox Baker, Undergraduate Research Assistant (University of Wisconsin-Madison), 2023–2024
- Tong Jiao, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Developer (University of Wisconsin-Madison), 2021-2022
- Alison Jozwiak, Project Assistant (University of Wisconsin-Madison), 2020
- Vade Kamenitsa-Hale, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Developer (University of Wisconsin-Madison), 2020-2021
- Anushri Kartik-Narayan, Bibliographer (University of Wisconsin-Madison), 2018-2019
- Chloe Knope, Intern (College of Menominee Nation), 2022
- Naneque LaTender, Intern (College of Menominee Nation), 2021
- Sarah Lundquist, Project Assistant (University of Wisconsin-Madison), 2019
- Elsa Mager, Undergraduate Research Assistant (University of Wisconsin-Madison), 2023–2024
- Gabrielle Mistretta, Project Assistant (University of Wisconsin-Madison), 2020-2022
- Vivian Nash, Project Assistant (University of Wisconsin-Madison), 2022–2023
- Eleanor Sand, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Bibliographer (University of Wisconsin-Madison), 2021-2022
- Leksi Scarr, Undergraduate Research Assistant (University of Wisconsin-Madison), 2022–2023
- Savana Stauss, Bibliographer (University of Wisconsin-Madison), 2018-2019
- Jennifer Stoughton, Undergraduate Research Assistant (University of Wisconsin-Madison), 2022–2023
- Brock Wroblewski, Developer (University of Wisconsin-Madison), 2018-2020