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Penobscot Primer
The Penobscot Primer is an innovative, computerized Native American language resource for teaching and research.
Linguist Dr. Frant T. Siebert and Photographer Richard Garrett developed the Primer to use with the late Madeline Shay, the last Penobscot brought up speaking the native language. Inspired by slides, Madeline spoke in her native tongue about the Penobscot world. Penobscot teachers Carol Dana and Barry Dana employed the written phonemes of Dr. Frank T. Siebert to transcribe her words.
Listen to Madeline speak in Penobscot:
I don't want to go to school. No! No!
The bird is going to fly away.
To appreciate the full scope of the Penobsot Primer Project, please visit the project's website at http://penobscotprimer.org/.
