Hi! I’m Canadian and live near Lake Simcoe, north of Toronto. Lake Simcoe is Zhooniyanggichigamin (Tradepost lake) in Ojibwe. The river that runs through my town is called “Black River”, but a lot of the signs say “Maskinonge” (which is actually pronounced “mashikinong”). Cool video!

@TheTravellingLinguist

3 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! It's cool how indigenous languages are so present in our everyday life in Canada, but many Canadians don't realize how super cool and unique indigenous languages are spoken in Canada. :)

The name "Texas" comes from the Caddo word "taysha", meaning "friend". The Spanish spelled it "Texas", adding their plural S to make it "friends". The X used to be pronounced in medieval Spanish like "sh" in English.

On this Indigenous People day I already watched a talk from the Wilfried Laurier University and now your video.. Very interesting. Take care, Angelina

@TheTravellingLinguist

4 жыл бұрын

I’ll have to check it out :D

Great information!

Hi, I can't help seeing a link between Mayaimi/Miami and Mayim in Canaanean which means sea/water, and gave the letter M. Merci pour vos videos intéressantes ;)

Alice Cooper taught me about Milwaukee

I’ve been told that Lake Ontario gets it name from the Mohawks.

@TheTravellingLinguist

2 жыл бұрын

Mohawk (Kanienʼkéha) and Wendat/Wyandot are both Iroquoian languages, so it's possible that a similar word exists in both. It's also possible that the Mohawk and Wendat both gave the word to different groups of settlers (since their territories are in different areas of the province). Hard to say for sure, but just a guess! 😄

@blusky8930

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In oneida we say kanyataliyo and it means good lake but can be interpreted as beautiful lake

I’ve been told that Canada comes from the Mohawks as well. Kanata

Why don't they just write these names using the the native written language instead of English? Then they could be true to native cultures.