Unquachog language

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The Unquachog language is an extinct Algonquian language once spoken by the Unkechaug people of Long Island, New York.

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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

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Mohegan-Pequot language closelyRelatedTo Unquachog language
Shinnecock language geneticallyRelatedTo Unquachog language