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A Key into the Language of America
AuthorRoger Williams
PublisherGregory Dexter
Publication date
1643

A Key into the Language of America or An help to the Language of the Natives in that part of America called New England is a book written by Roger Williams in 1643 describing the Native American languages in New England in the 17th century, largely Narragansett, an Algonquian language.[1] The book is the first published colonial study of a Native American language in English.

  1. ^ Williams, Roger (1827). A key into the language of America. Providence: John Miller. p. 110. Retrieved 2008-12-11. Reprint of a book first published in 1643.

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