Algonquian–Basque pidgin, also known as Souriquois,
was a
Basque
Basque may refer to:
* Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France
* Basque language, their language
Places
* Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France
* Basque Country (autonomous co ...
-based
pidgin spoken by
Basque
Basque may refer to:
* Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France
* Basque language, their language
Places
* Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France
* Basque Country (autonomous co ...
whalers and various
Algonquian peoples.
It was spoken around the
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
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. It was in use from at least 1580 until 1635,
and was last attested in 1711.
There were three groups of
First Nations
First Nations or first peoples may refer to:
* Indigenous peoples, for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area.
Indigenous groups
*First Nations is commonly used to describe some Indigenous groups including:
**First Natio ...
that the Basque people distinguished. The ones with which they had good relations were the
Montagnais and the
St. Lawrence Iroquoians. They also knew of the
Inuit
Inuit (; iu, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, , dual: Inuuk, ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories ...
, whom they considered hostile. The Basque people referred to them as the Montaneses, the Canaleses, and the Esquimoas, respectively.
Vocabulary
Sample Phrases
See also
*
Basque–Icelandic pidgin
References
Further reading
*
Koldo Mitxelena
Koldo Mitxelena Elissalt () (also known as ''Luis Michelena''; 1915, Errenteria, Gipuzkoa – 11 October 1987, San Sebastián) was an eminent Basque linguist. He taught in the Department of Philology at the University of the Basque Country, ...
(1984): "''Lingüística inmanente y lingüística trascendente''", "Julio Urquijo" Euskal Filologiaren Seminoarioaren Urtekaria, 18, 251–266. orr,
Donostia,
Gipuzkoako Foru Aldundia.
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Algonquian languages
Basque-based pidgins and creoles
Basque diaspora in North America
Extinct languages of North America
North America Native-based pidgins and creoles
Languages attested from the 16th century
16th-century establishments in North America
Languages extinct in the 18th century
18th-century disestablishments in North America