Penobscot language

E265658

Eastern Algonquian language Indigenous language of North America Native American language

The Penobscot language is an Eastern Algonquian Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Penobscot people of Maine.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Penobscot language canonical	13
Eastern Abenaki language (Penobscot–Kennebec)	1
Penobscot dialect	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eastern Algonquian language ⓘ Indigenous language of North America ⓘ Native American language ⓘ
alternativeName	Penobscot ⓘ Penobscot people ⓘ surface form: Penobscot Abenaki
closelyRelatedTo	Abenaki language ⓘ Eastern Abenaki languages ⓘ surface form: Eastern Abenaki Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language ⓘ Mi’kmaq ⓘ surface form: Mi'kmaq language
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
documentedBy	Frank T. Siebert Jr. ⓘ linguists of Algonquian languages ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Penobscot people ⓘ surface form: Penobscot Nation
hasAncestor	Proto-Algonquian language ⓘ surface form: Proto-Algonquian
hasMorphologicalFeature	animacy distinction ⓘ complex verb morphology ⓘ obviative marking ⓘ person marking on verbs ⓘ polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ
hasResourceType	audio recordings ⓘ dictionaries ⓘ grammatical descriptions ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature	flexible word order ⓘ head-marking ⓘ
ISO639-3	aaq ⓘ
languageFamily	Algic ⓘ Algonquian languages ⓘ surface form: Algonquian
partOf	Algic languages ⓘ surface form: Algic language family
primaryLocation	Penobscot Indian Island community ⓘ surface form: Penobscot Indian Island Reservation
region	Northeastern North America ⓘ
revitalizationEffortsBy	Penobscot people ⓘ surface form: Penobscot Nation Penobscot Nation tribal government offices ⓘ surface form: Penobscot Nation Cultural and Historic Preservation Department
spokenIn	Maine ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
status	revitalized language ⓘ severely endangered ⓘ
subfamilyOf	Algonquian languages ⓘ Eastern Algonquian languages ⓘ
taughtAt	Penobscot Nation schools ⓘ community language classes in Maine ⓘ
traditionalLanguageOf	Penobscot people ⓘ
usedFor	ceremonial practices ⓘ cultural preservation ⓘ traditional stories ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (15)

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

Mount Katahdin → hasNameOrigin → Penobscot language ⓘ

Penobscot people → language → Penobscot language ⓘ

Western Abenaki language → closelyRelatedTo → Penobscot language ⓘ

Indigenous peoples of New England → hasLanguage → Penobscot language ⓘ

Wabanaki peoples → usesLanguage → Penobscot language ⓘ

Eastern Abenaki languages → hasMember → Penobscot language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Abenaki language (Penobscot–Kennebec)

Eastern Abenaki languages → hasMember → Penobscot language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Penobscot dialect

Indian Island Reservation → traditionalLanguage → Penobscot language ⓘ

Pαnawάhpskewi → languageOfOrigin → Penobscot language ⓘ

Indian Island, Maine → hasNativeNameLanguage → Penobscot language ⓘ

Alnôba → closelyRelatedTo → Penobscot language ⓘ

Eastern Algonquian languages → hasMember → Penobscot language ⓘ

Penobscot Indian Chief Joseph Orono → languageUsed → Penobscot language ⓘ

subject surface form: Joseph Orono

Joseph Orono → nativeLanguage → Penobscot language ⓘ