Eliot orthography
E296060
Eliot orthography is a historic writing system developed in the 17th century by missionary John Eliot to represent the Massachusett (Wôpanâak) language using the Latin alphabet.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eliot orthography canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2759133 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Eliot orthography Context triple: [Massachusett language, hasOrthographicTradition, Eliot orthography]
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Mistralian orthography
Mistralian orthography is a spelling system for the Occitan language, devised by poet Frédéric Mistral and characterized by its French-influenced conventions.
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Orthographic Agreement of 1945
The Orthographic Agreement of 1945 was a Portuguese-language spelling reform that standardized orthography across Portuguese-speaking countries prior to the later 1990 agreement.
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Grammatical Institute of the English Language
Grammatical Institute of the English Language is Noah Webster’s influential late-18th-century American textbook series that helped standardize American English spelling, grammar, and education.
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D.
A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles
A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles is the original title of what later became the Oxford English Dictionary, the comprehensive historical dictionary of the English language.
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Gaelic Orthographic Conventions
Gaelic Orthographic Conventions is the standardized system of spelling and writing rules used for modern Scottish Gaelic.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Eliot orthography Target entity description: Eliot orthography is a historic writing system developed in the 17th century by missionary John Eliot to represent the Massachusett (Wôpanâak) language using the Latin alphabet.
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A.
Mistralian orthography
Mistralian orthography is a spelling system for the Occitan language, devised by poet Frédéric Mistral and characterized by its French-influenced conventions.
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B.
Orthographic Agreement of 1945
The Orthographic Agreement of 1945 was a Portuguese-language spelling reform that standardized orthography across Portuguese-speaking countries prior to the later 1990 agreement.
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C.
Grammatical Institute of the English Language
Grammatical Institute of the English Language is Noah Webster’s influential late-18th-century American textbook series that helped standardize American English spelling, grammar, and education.
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D.
A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles
A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles is the original title of what later became the Oxford English Dictionary, the comprehensive historical dictionary of the English language.
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E.
Gaelic Orthographic Conventions
Gaelic Orthographic Conventions is the standardized system of spelling and writing rules used for modern Scottish Gaelic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic orthography
ⓘ
orthography ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| associatedPerson | John Eliot ⓘ |
| associatedWithDenomination | Puritanism ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
| basedOn | English orthography ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Colonial America ⓘ |
| designedForLanguage |
Massachusett language
ⓘ
Wampanoag language ⓘ
surface form:
Wôpanâak language
|
| developedBy | John Eliot ⓘ |
| developedInApproximateYear | 1660s ⓘ |
| developedInCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| documentationLanguage | English ⓘ |
| encodingSystem | Latin letters without special diacritics ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | first Bible printed in an Indigenous North American language ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | no longer in everyday use ⓘ |
| influenced | later Massachusett language documentation ⓘ |
| languageFamilyContext | Algonquian languages ⓘ |
| namedAfter | John Eliot ⓘ |
| notableWorkWrittenIn | Eliot Indian Bible ⓘ |
| phonologicalCoverage | approximates Massachusett phonemes with English-based spelling conventions ⓘ |
| preservedIn |
archival manuscripts
ⓘ
historical printed books ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
Bible translation
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Christian missionary work ⓘ |
| relevanceToday |
used in language revitalization reference work
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used in linguistic research on Massachusett ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Colonial era ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Massachusett people
ⓘ
Puritan missionaries ⓘ |
| usedFor |
catechisms
ⓘ
dictionaries ⓘ grammars ⓘ religious texts ⓘ |
| usedInRegion |
Massachusetts Bay Colony
ⓘ
New England ⓘ |
| usedUntilApproximateCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| usesScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | alphabetic ⓘ |
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Subject: Eliot orthography Description of subject: Eliot orthography is a historic writing system developed in the 17th century by missionary John Eliot to represent the Massachusett (Wôpanâak) language using the Latin alphabet.
Referenced by (1)
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