Abenaki phonology

Philologists studying the Abenaki have called the language a language of verbs due to its high degree of inflectional complexity. Although the language does not use gender, nouns are divided into two categories: noble and ignoble. Although there may be occasional exceptions, noble words pertain to living things, while inanimate objects are considered to be ignoble words.

The following description is for Western Abenaki.