Etchemin language
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Algonquian language
Eastern Algonquian language
Indigenous language of North America
extinct language
The Etchemin language was an Eastern Algonquian language once spoken by Indigenous peoples in what is now northeastern North America, now considered extinct and poorly documented.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Etchemin language canonical | 1 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Algonquian language
ⓘ
Eastern Algonquian language ⓘ Indigenous language of North America ⓘ extinct language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bay of Fundy region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
St. John River region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
17th-century missionary records
ⓘ
early French colonial sources ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | uncertain within Eastern Algonquian ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | poorly documented ⓘ |
| extinctionReason |
language shift to French
ⓘ
language shift to neighboring Algonquian languages ⓘ |
| glottologCode | etch1234 (Etchemin) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName |
Etchimin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Etechemin NERFINISHED ⓘ Etemin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | no ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early colonial period in northeastern North America ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | none ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Algonquian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Algonquian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticEvidence |
limited wordlists
ⓘ
toponyms ⓘ |
| partOf | Algic language family (via Algonquian) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| possiblyRelatedTo |
Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mi'kmaq language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reconstructionStatus | not reconstructible from existing data ⓘ |
| region |
Atlantic coast of Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northeastern North America ⓘ present-day Maine ⓘ present-day New Brunswick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Etchemin people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of northeastern North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf |
Algonquian languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Algonquian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeDepthOfRecords | 17th century ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script (in colonial records) ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.