The New World
The story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.
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"The story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas. There are, of course, historical issues with this film. Most scholars agree that there was no romantic relationship between Pocahontas and Smith. She would have been 10 years old in 1608 when they were said to have first met. So the whole premise is flawed. But in other areas, such as the attempt to have a native language spoken, some credit ought to be given. Ultimately, I found the film to be good but somewhat trying. Malick is a strange director. Obviously talented, but he lets his artisti..."
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Algonquin is a language spoken by natives in Canada that does indeed only have about 3000 speakers left today. The Algonquian language spoken in the movie, however, was a reconstruction of the East Algonquian language called Powhatan or Virginia Algonquian. There are no native speakers of this language alive today. The language went extinct at the end of the 18th century. Linguist and Professor for English at UNC Charlotte Blair A. Rudes reconstructed Virginia Algonquian based on other East Algonquian languages and John Smith's records (among others).
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The story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.