"Wabanaki Confederacy" in Various Indigenous Languages
The term Wabanaki Confederacy in many Algonquian languages literally means "Dawn Land People".
| Language | "Easterner(s)" literally "Dawn Person(s)" |
"Dawn Land" (nominative) |
"Dawn Land" (locative) |
"Dawn Land Person" |
"Dawn Land People" or the "Wabanaki Confederacy" |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naskapi | Waapinuuhch | ||||
| Massachusett language | Wôpanâ(ak) | ||||
| Quiripi language | Wampano(ak) | Wampanoki | |||
| Mi'kmaq | Wabanahk | Wabanahkik | Wabanahki | Wabanahkiyik | |
| Maliseet-Passamaquoddy | Waponu(wok) | Waponahk | Waponahkik | Waponahkew | Waponahkiyik/Waponahkewiyik |
| Abenaki-Penobscot | Wôbanu(ok) | Wôbanak | Wôbanakik | Wôbanaki | Wôbanakiak |
| Algonquin | Wàbano(wak) | Wàbanaki | Wàbanakìng | Wàbanakì | Wàbanakìk |
| Ojibwe | Waabano(wag) | Waabanaki | Waabanakiing | Waabanakii | Waabanakiig/Waabanakiiyag |
| Odawa | Waabno(wag) | Waabnaki | Waabnakiing | Waabnakii | Waabnakiig/Waabnakiiyag |
| Potawatomi | Wabno(weg) | Wabneki | Wabnekig | Wabneki | Wabnekiyeg |
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