Nanticoke language
E454214
Nanticoke language is an extinct Eastern Algonquian Native American language once spoken by the Nanticoke people of the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Algonquian language
ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
colonial-era vocabularies
ⓘ
missionary records ⓘ wordlists ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | flexible word order ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Lenape language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Munsee language NERFINISHED ⓘ Unami language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalArea | Eastern Woodlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | poorly attested ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Nanticoke people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extinctionCause |
language shift to English
ⓘ
population decline of Nanticoke people ⓘ |
| family | Algonquian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicFeatureAssociated |
Chesapeake Bay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nanticoke River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | nant1250 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Nanticoke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Nanticoke Indian language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nanticoke-Conoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Nanticoke-Piscataway NERFINISHED ⓘ Nanticoke-Potomac NERFINISHED ⓘ Nentego NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Conoy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nanticoke proper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
Algonquian consonant inventory (reconstructed)
ⓘ
contrastive vowel length (reconstructed) ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Delaware
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | nnt ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Algic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| morphologyType |
fusional
ⓘ
polysynthetic ⓘ |
| region | Mid-Atlantic region of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationStatus |
no fluent native speakers
ⓘ
subject of limited linguistic research ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Nanticoke Indian Nation (historically) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subfamily | Eastern Algonquian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
intertribal communication (regionally, historically)
ⓘ
oral tradition (historically) ⓘ traditional ceremonies (historically) ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.