Tutelo language
E280869
The Tutelo language is an extinct Siouan language once spoken by the Tutelo people in the eastern United States, particularly in present-day Virginia and West Virginia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tutelo language canonical | 4 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Siouan language
ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ indigenous language of North America ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Tutelo
ⓘ
Yesan ⓘ Yesañ ⓘ Yesáng ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| documentedBy |
Frank G. Speck
ⓘ
Horatio Hale ⓘ James Owen Dorsey ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Tutelo people ⓘ |
| extinctionCause |
assimilation into neighboring tribes
ⓘ
language shift to English ⓘ population decline of Tutelo people ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
SOV word order (basic)
ⓘ
animacy distinctions ⓘ complex verb inflection ⓘ noun incorporation ⓘ polysynthetic morphology ⓘ postpositions ⓘ verb-heavy morphology ⓘ |
| hasResourceType |
ethnographic texts
ⓘ
grammatical notes ⓘ wordlists ⓘ |
| historicalAffiliation |
Eastern Siouan peoples
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Siouan–Catawban group
|
| historicalMovement |
displacement from Virginia to Pennsylvania and New York
ⓘ
resettlement with Iroquois groups ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Catawban branch of Siouan ⓘ |
| languageContact |
Algonquian languages
ⓘ
English ⓘ Iroquoian languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Siouan languages ⓘ |
| lastSpeakersAssociatedWith | Six Nations of the Grand River ⓘ |
| lastSpeakersLocatedIn | Ontario ⓘ |
| region |
Appalachian region of the United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Appalachian region
Piedmont region of Virginia ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Biloxi language
ⓘ
Monacan language ⓘ Ofo language ⓘ Saponi language ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Virginia
ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ eastern United States ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Southeastern Siouan
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Siouan languages
|
| usedBy | Tutelo tribe ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.