Eliot orthography

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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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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
Christian missionary work
relevanceToday used in language revitalization reference work
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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