Sketch of Grammar of the Chippeway Languages To Which is Added a Vocabulary of some of the Most Common Words John Summerfield The Letters used in the Chippeway Language, are twenty-one, viz. A, a; B, b; C, c; D, d; E, e; G, g; H, h; I, i; J, j; K, k; M, m; N, n; O, o; P, p; Q, q; S, s; T, t; U, u; W, w; Y, y; Z, z. F, L, R, V, and X, are not used. There are, in the Chippeway Language, ten parts of Speech, namely, the article, the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the verb, the participle, the adverb, the preposition, the conjunction, and the interjection. OF THE ARTICLE. There is but one Article, used definitely both in the masculine and neuter genders, viz. Owh, the, m.; Ewh, the, n. OF NOUNS. A Noun is the name of any person, place, or thing; as, Eneneh, man; Kahdahnahqueeng, Kingston; metig, tree. Nouns are of two sorts, Common and Proper. Common Nouns stand for kinds containing many sorts, or for sorts containing many individuals under them; as, Ahwaseeh, animal; eneneh, man; kegownh, fish; penaseh, bird. Proper Nouns are the names appropriated to individuals, as, Charles, Cazenovia, Ganges. [N.B. Proper names, with a few exceptions, are the same as in English.] To Nouns belong gender, person, number, and case. GENDER. Gender is the distinction of nouns with regard to sex. Nouns have three genders, the masculine, the feminine, and the neuter. The masculine gender denotes males; as, Eneneh, man. The feminine gender is applied to animals, fishes, and birds; as, Nahbak, a she bear, &c. The neuter gender denotes things without sex; as, Wewahquon, a hat. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.