The "extinct" Language of Powhatan
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Complete Mon, Dec 12, 2022<5 mins
The archaic American language of the Powhatan people is vanishing, this is a short story on what the language is, who spoke it, where it's from, and why it's disappearing from the world. There aren't very many educational stories, so I thought I should give it a shot.
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