of word order. Other languages in the Algonquian family are marked with obviative/proximate endings, which clarify the subjects of focus, especially in telling stories. There is not enough data recorded to put together a definite list of the imperatives, but Strachey documents imperatives being used. Therefore, using those lists and what is known about Proto-Eastern Algonquian, a tentative list can be created. Some examples of these imperatives are as follows: 'arise you!'; 'come you all!'; 'you take it away from there!'; 'you eat it!'; 'you all eat it!'; Finally, as explained in the transitive animate verbs section, there are circumstances of animacy hierarchy with direct objects in Powhatan. Instead of the hierarchy going first person, second person, third person, there is a pattern of second person, first person, third person. For example, to say 'I strike him' would be , where the ne- prefix for first person is first and the -āw for third person is at the end. However, to say something like 'I feed you', it would be with the ke- prefix for second person at the beginning and a different -es suffix for first person at the end. This might be a result of a practice of respect for others before oneself. "It is one of the few languages that give greater importance to the listener than the speaker," Dr. Blair Rudes, the linguist who worked on reconstructing the language for the movie The New World, remarked in an interview. Dialect variation Siebert's 1975 study also examined evidence for dialect variation. He found insufficient justification for assigning any apparent dialects to particular areas. Strachey's material reflects considerable lexical variation and minor phonological variation, suggesting the existence of dialect differentiation. A speculative connection to the Chickahominy and Pamunkey Virginia Algonquian tribes has been suggested, but there is no evidence to support this link. The table below gives a sample of words reflecting lexical variation. Each word is given as written by Smith or Strachey, followed by a proposed phonemic representation. See also Carolina Algonquian List of English words of Algonquian origin Notes References External links Language Resources of Virginia Indians Native Languages of the Americas: Powhatan [requires flash] [link broken] OLAC resources in and about the Powhatan language Eastern Algonquian languages Indigenous languages of the North American eastern woodlands Indigenous languages of Maryland Extinct languages of North America Languages extinct in the 18th century Native American language revitalization