Narragansett language

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Algonquian language Native American language endangered language

The Narragansett language is an Algonquian Native American language of the Northeastern United States, historically spoken by the Narragansett people of present-day Rhode Island.

Aliases (2)

Mohegan-Pequot language ×2
Pequot language ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Algonquian language → Native American language → endangered language →
alternativeName	Narraganset → Narragansett-Niantic →
associatedWithTribe	Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island →
classificationStatus	Eastern Algonquian →
closelyRelatedTo	Massachusett language → Mohegan-Pequot language → Wampanoag language →
country	United States →
culturalDomain	Northeastern Woodlands cultures →
documentationCentury	17th century →
documentedBy	Roger Williams →
documentedIn	A Key into the Language of America →
ethnicGroup	Narragansett people →
family	Algonquian languages →
hasGrammaticalNumber	obviative plural → plural → singular →
hasLinguisticFeature	animate–inanimate gender system → complex verb morphology → obviative marking →
hasLoanwordsFrom	English language →
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length → nasal vowels → rich consonant clusters →
hasWordOrder	flexible word order →
historicallySpokenIn	Connecticut → Massachusetts → Rhode Island →
historicalRegion	Rhode Island →
influencedBy	contact with English colonists →
ISO639-3	xnt →
languageFamily	Algic languages →
morphologicalType	agglutinative language → polysynthetic language →
partOfCulturalHeritageOf	Narragansett people →
region	Northeastern United States →
revitalizationEffortsBy	Narragansett Tribe language programs →
spokenBy	Narragansett Indian Tribe →
status	dormant → revival language →
subfamily	Eastern Algonquian languages →
usedFor	cultural revitalization → traditional ceremonies →
usedHistoricallyAs	lingua franca in parts of southern New England →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Algonquian languages → Algonquian languages ("Mohegan-Pequot language") →	includesLanguage
Narragansett → Uncas ("Mohegan-Pequot language") →	language
Wampanoag language →	closelyRelatedTo
Narragansett territory →	hasLanguage
Pequot people ("Pequot language") →	historicalLanguage
Miantonomo →	languageSpoken
Massachusett language →	relatedTo
Narragansett people →	traditionalLanguage