Eastern Abenaki languages

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Algonquian language variety language branch

Eastern Abenaki languages are a branch of the Algonquian language family traditionally spoken by several Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern United States, including the Penobscot.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Eastern Abenaki 4
Eastern Abenaki language 3
Eastern Abenaki languages canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian language variety ⓘ
language branch ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Western Abenaki language ⓘ
culturallyAssociatedWith Penobscot people ⓘ
surface form: Penobscot Nation

Wabanaki Confederacy ⓘ
hasGrammaticalCategory animate–inanimate noun distinction ⓘ
obviative marking ⓘ
person hierarchy in verb agreement ⓘ
hasMember Abenaki ⓘ
surface form: Androscoggin Abenaki

Penobscot language ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Abenaki language (Penobscot–Kennebec)

Penobscot people ⓘ
surface form: Kennebec Abenaki

Penobscot language ⓘ
surface form: Penobscot dialect

Penobscot language ⓘ
St. Francis Abenaki ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verb inflection ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature rich consonant inventory typical of Algonquian languages ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature flexible word order ⓘ
higherClassification Eastern Algonquian languages ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Algonquian
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
surface form: Algonquian
linguisticAncestorOf modern Abenaki revitalization varieties ⓘ
partOf Algic languages ⓘ
surface form: Algic language family
revitalizationEfforts community language classes ⓘ
dictionary compilation ⓘ
documentation projects ⓘ
orthography development ⓘ
spokenBy Abenaki ⓘ
surface form: Abenaki peoples

Maliseet people ⓘ
surface form: Maliseet peoples

Passamaquoddy people ⓘ
surface form: Passamaquoddy peoples

Penobscot people ⓘ
Abenaki ⓘ
surface form: Western Abenaki people
status moribund ⓘ
partially extinct ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ
subclassOf Algonquian languages ⓘ
Eastern Algonquian languages ⓘ
traditionalRegion Maine ⓘ
New England ⓘ
New Hampshire ⓘ
Northeastern United States ⓘ
Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Quebec

Vermont ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial practices ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Penobscot people → subgroupOf → Eastern Abenaki languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Abenaki
Penobscot people → languageFamily → Eastern Abenaki languages ⓘ
Western Abenaki language → closelyRelatedTo → Eastern Abenaki languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Abenaki language
Algic → includesLanguage → Eastern Abenaki languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Abenaki
Penobscot language → closelyRelatedTo → Eastern Abenaki languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Abenaki
Alnôba → closelyRelatedTo → Eastern Abenaki languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Abenaki
Missisquoi dialect → relatedLanguage → Eastern Abenaki languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Abenaki language
Eastern Algonquian languages → hasMember → Eastern Abenaki languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Abenaki language