Talk:Miami-Illinois language

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[edit] Michigan and Mississippi

Please see my comments regarding loanwords on Talk:List of English words of Algonquian origin#Michigan and Mississippi. --Theodore Kloba July 5, 2005 19:52 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

This seems to be exactly the same as Miami language. Shouldn't the articles be merged? --Gareth Hughes 19:30, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Though granted I'm not a professional linguist, I had never even heard of Illinois as a separate language from Miami. It seems that they're part of the same dialect continuum, so I definitely vote for combining the articles into a Miami-Illinois language article. -- Ryan Denzer-King 12:01, 30 August 2006 (EST)

If it is merged you must be careful as to how it is done... many things parallel in these two languages but the cultures were somewhat different and the modern day members of these tribes are separate-- each with their own divisions and indiocyncracies. Out of respect to them the merger should only be done after consulting the heads of these tribal communities.

A merger should not be up to us, it should be up to the tribal chiefs and their communities.

[edit] Article name

Given that the name normally applied to the language is "Miami-Illinois" (as shown, for example, in the title of Costa's book), and given that it seems somewhat biased or POV to have Miami language redirect here, rather than having both Miami language and Illinois language redirect to Miami-Illinois language...I'd suggest that the page be moved. Is anyone opposed? --Miskwito 04:32, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Doesn't look like it so far. I'm going to be bold and go ahead and move them. We can always discuss it if objections come up at some point. --Miskwito 07:31, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

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