Unquachog language
E508437
The Unquachog language is an extinct Algonquian language once spoken by the Unkechaug people of Long Island, New York.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Algonquian language
ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ |
| associatedPeople | Unkechaug Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Poospatuck Reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Mohegan-Pequot language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Montaukett language ⓘ Shinnecock language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRegion | Northeastern Woodlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | poorly attested ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Unkechaug people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extinction | 19th century (approximate) ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Unkechaug language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Unquachog NERFINISHED ⓘ Unquachog-Algonquian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEndonym | Unkechaug (as people’s name) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottologStatus | poorly documented ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
head-marking language
ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| hasMorphology |
animate–inanimate gender distinction
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrast between long and short vowels
ⓘ
fricatives ⓘ nasal consonants ⓘ oral stops ⓘ |
| hasSourceOfData |
colonial-era vocabularies
ⓘ
wordlists collected by early missionaries ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | no ISO 639-3 code ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Indigenous languages of the Northeastern Woodlands ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Algonquian languages ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Long Island Algonquian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Long Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Suffolk County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Unkechaug people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Long Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Eastern Algonquian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication (historically)
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| wordOrder | flexible word order ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.