Wendat

The primary objective of this project is to better understand how syntax and discourse works in Wendat and Wandat (Wyandot). We will do so through a detailed analysis of 1) 42 Wandat texts collected by Marius Barbeau from Wandat speakers in 1911 and 1912, 2) 3 Wendat manuscript grammars from the 17th and 18th centuries, and 3) 3 collections of religious texts in Wendat (translations of the Gospels and hymns). Wendat and Wandat are two closely related varieties of the Iroquoian language family, and our communities (the Huron-Wendat Nation of Wendake, QC, the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma, the Wyandot Nation of Kansas, and the Wyandot Nation of Anderdon, MI) make up the Wendat Confederation