Massachusett-Natick

E401714

Algonquian language Native American language indigenous language of North America

Massachusett-Natick is an Algonquian Native American language historically spoken in eastern Massachusetts and surrounding areas.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Massachusett-Natick canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Algonquian language ⓘ Native American language ⓘ indigenous language of North America ⓘ
alignment	direct–inverse system ⓘ
alternateName	Massachusett ⓘ surface form: Massachuset Massachusett language ⓘ Massachusett people ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts Indian Massachusett language ⓘ surface form: Natick dialect
basicWordOrder	flexible word order ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
documentation	early colonial-era grammars and wordlists ⓘ religious and legal documents from Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Massachusett people ⓘ Wampanoag people ⓘ other related Algonquian peoples of coastal New England ⓘ
hasDescendant	Wôpanâak (Wampanoag) revitalization variety ⓘ
hasDialect	Natick NERFINISHED ⓘ Plymouth area varieties ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature	animate–inanimate noun gender distinction ⓘ complex verbal morphology ⓘ obviative marking ⓘ person marking on verbs ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom	English ⓘ
historicalPeriod	17th century colonial New England ⓘ pre-contact era in New England ⓘ
historicalRegion	Greater Boston ⓘ surface form: Boston area Cape Cod ⓘ surface form: Cape Cod region Massachusetts Bay region ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts Bay area
influencedBy	contact with English ⓘ
isPartOf	Southern New England Algonquian ⓘ surface form: Southern New England Algonquian subgroup
languageCodeStatus	not widely standardized in ISO codes as a separate variety ⓘ
languageFamily	Algonquian languages ⓘ
languageOf	Massachusett people ⓘ
lexicalRelation	Southern New England Algonquian ⓘ surface form: closely related to Narragansett closely related to Wampanoag ⓘ closely related to other Southern New England Algonquian languages ⓘ
morphologyType	polysynthetic ⓘ
region	New England ⓘ eastern Massachusetts ⓘ
revitalization	subject of modern language reclamation efforts ⓘ
scriptType	alphabetic ⓘ
status	historically spoken ⓘ revitalized language ⓘ
subfamilyOf	Eastern Algonquian languages ⓘ
typology	polysynthetic language ⓘ
usedIn	missionary work in colonial Massachusetts ⓘ religious texts in colonial New England ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

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

Massachusett language → alternativeName → Massachusett-Natick ⓘ