Love learning about different languages and cultural worldviews? Then it’s time to learn about Potawatomi, a Native American language with fewer than 5 native speakers left across all of North America. Actively being preserved by local tribes, this unique language has quite the story to tell! For starters, it’s an Algonquian language with verbs so long they can be ENTIRE sentences. Yeah, a sentence that takes 17 words to speak in English can take just 1 in Potawatomi. Awesome, right? And get this – this indigenous language also happens to hold a (stinky?) clue as to how the city of Chicago got its name! Wanna know what it is? Watch to find out! Our expert Mango linguist Emily Sabo (PhD) takes us on a journey into the 5 fun facts that make Potawatomi such a rewarding language to learn about. As the Potawatomi community has put it, the language is like a “linguistic time capsule.” The language is absolutely replete with cool culture tidbits, historical did-you-knows, and invaluable insight into how Potawatomi Nation, its bands, and its people have seen and interacted with the world over the centuries. Start learning Potawatomi for FREE right now! https://learn.mangolanguages.com/pathway/from/en-US/to/pot/706/1 Subscribe to our channel to follow along as we release more videos like this, covering more languages around the world, and offer more insight into the unique facts that make learning languages rewarding – and fun! Learn more about Mango at: https://mangolanguages.com/ and find us across social by searching @mangolanguages Chapters: 0:00 Introduction to Potawatomi 0:55 Something very important to note 1:10 Why save Potawatomi? 2:36 Fun Fact # 1: Verbs are the powerhouse of Potawatomi 3:27 Fun Fact # 2: Location, location, location 4:32 Fun Fact # 3: Ditch the pitch 5:27 Fun Fact # 4: Time passes poetically 6:16 Fun Fact # 5: Speaking is like painting a picture 7:23 How did Chicago get its name? 7:58 How to start learning Potawatomi right now! Credits: Carla Collins (Ice Woman, Turtle Clan, Pokagon Band, Potawatomi Nation) has been one of the main female voices in the linked Potawatomi language course. Kyle Malott (Current Flowing Along, Eagle Clan, Pokagon Band, Potawatomi Nation) has been one of the main male voices in the linked Potawatomi course. Rhonda Purcell (Red Thunderbird, Thunderbird Clan, Pokagon Band, Potawatomi Nation) has been one of the female voices in the linked Potawatomi course. Serrina Malott (Wabezho/White Bobcat), Turtle Clan, Pokagon Band, Potawatomi Nation) and Wawaasmok Sprague (Lightning, Turtle Clan, Pokagon Band, Potawatomi Nation) have made passage cameos in the Potawatomi course. Corinne Kasper (Milkweed Woman, Turtle Clan, Pokagon Band, Potawatomi Nation) did the legwork to connect the Pokagon band of Potawatomi with Mango Languages, and sat in meetings doing back end work for many chapters in the Potawatomi course. Wahsnoday Pamp (Northern Lights, Wolf Clan, Pokagon Band, Potawatomi Nation and SCIT, Ojibwe Nation) volunteered his time and voice to record a role in almost every chapter of the Potawatomi course. His main character was Nio. Jill Peck has been the lead linguist from Mango Languages on this collaborative course project with the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Nation Music: Fantoms | Morocco In My Head: VNSCZWB00XSPQ6AS #indigenouslanguages #nativeamericanheritage #potawatomi

• published: 14 Nov 2022
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