Mahikan language

E333165
Algonquian language Native American language endangered language

Mahikan language is an Algonquian language historically spoken by the Mahican people of the northeastern United States, particularly in the Hudson River Valley region.

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Label Occurrences
Mahikan language canonical 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian language ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ
alternateName Mahican language ⓘ
Mahican language ⓘ
surface form: Mohican language
associatedEthnicity Mahican ⓘ
surface form: Mahican people
belongsToCulturalArea Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance identity marker for Mahican people ⓘ
documentation colonial-era vocabularies ⓘ
linguistic field notes ⓘ
missionary wordlists ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature obviative marking ⓘ
rich verb morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature flexible word order ⓘ
historicallySpokenIn Hudson Valley ⓘ
surface form: Hudson River Valley

northeastern United States ⓘ
historicalPeriod colonial era in North America ⓘ
pre-colonial era ⓘ
ISO639Status no current ISO 639-3 code ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
region Connecticut ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
New York State ⓘ
relatedTo Abenaki language ⓘ
Munsee language ⓘ
surface form: Lenape language

Massachusett language ⓘ
Mohawk language ⓘ
revitalizationEfforts community-based language projects ⓘ
spokenBy Mahican ⓘ
surface form: Mahican people
status moribund ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ
subfamily Eastern Algonquian languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature head-marking ⓘ
polysynthetic ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial purposes ⓘ
daily communication (historically) ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

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Mahican language → alternateSpelling → Mahikan language ⓘ