Nisinoon

A multilingual dictionary database of Algonquian derivational morphemes

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Algonquian Database Project

This project is an NSF-funded cross-linguistic database of the components which make up words in Algonquian languages. There are two main goals:

  1. To provide tribes with a source for word creation for their language revitalization/reclamation projects.

  2. To provide a basis for comprehensive reconstruction of Proto-Algonquian.

This database will be 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.

This material is based upon work supported by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School and the National Science Foundation DLI-DEL program under grant number BCS1953103.

Project Team

What Does Nisinoon Mean?

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.

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License

The linguistic database in this repository is copyright to Monica Macaulay, and should not be copied, distributed, or modified without her express permission. The code in this repository is made available under an MIT license. See the license for more details.

Former Team Members