An Ancient New Jersey Indian JargonFrom an anonymous manuscript entitled the "Indian Interpreter" found in the office of the Secretary of State at Trenton, New Jersey, this 261 word vocabulary was taken from Salem County, NJ and is dated to 1684. This version is reprinted from a 1904 article edited by J. Dyneley Prince, who provides detailed explanations of the words and comparisons with other Delaware/Lenape vocabularies. Also includes Gabriel Thomas' Discourses in the Delaware jargon (41 entries), and new to this expanded edition are 23 terms from Peter Lindeström's Geographia Americae. |
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Page 4 - An historical and geographical account of the Province and Country of Pensylvania; and of West New Jersey in America. The general layout of Thomas' work has been preserved as originally written, in the nature of a jargon dialogue with English translations.
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| Title | An Ancient New Jersey Indian Jargon Issue 5 of American Language Reprints Series |
| Editor | J. Dyneley Prince |
| Publisher | Arx Publishing, LLC, 2006 |
| ISBN | 1889758833, 9781889758831 |
| Length | 55 pages |
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