Southern New England Algonquian
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Southern New England Algonquian is a subgroup of the Algonquian language family comprising closely related Indigenous languages historically spoken in the southern New England region of the United States.
All labels observed (5)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Algonquian language subgroup
ⓘ
Indigenous language grouping ⓘ |
| classificationBasis | comparative-historical linguistics ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalContext | Indigenous cultures of southern New England ⓘ |
| documentedBy | colonial-era wordlists and grammars ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Connecticut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Long Island ⓘ parts of New Hampshire ⓘ parts of Vermont ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
SNEA subgroup
ⓘ
Southern New England Algonkian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEffortsIn |
Massachusett language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mohegan-Pequot language NERFINISHED ⓘ Narragansett language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | New England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesLanguage |
Coweset language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Loup A language ⓘ Loup B language ⓘ Massachusett language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mohegan-Pequot language ⓘ Narragansett language NERFINISHED ⓘ Niantic language ⓘ Nipmuc language NERFINISHED ⓘ Pocumtuc language NERFINISHED ⓘ Quiripi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tunxis language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
place names in Connecticut
ⓘ
place names in Massachusetts ⓘ place names in Rhode Island ⓘ toponymy of New England ⓘ |
| linguisticFeature |
closely related lexicon among member languages
ⓘ
shared phonological innovations within Eastern Algonquian ⓘ similar verb morphology across member languages ⓘ |
| macroFamily | Algic language family ⓘ |
| partOf | Algonquian language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primarySourcesInclude |
Bible translations in Massachusett
ⓘ
missionary texts ⓘ |
| region | Southern New England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Delaware languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mahican language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | largely extinct as first languages ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Algonquian languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Algonquian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeDepth | attested since early colonial period ⓘ |
| usedFor | reconstruction of Proto-Southern New England Algonquian ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Eastern Algonquian > Southern New England Algonquian
this entity surface form:
Narragansett-Massachusett subgroup
this entity surface form:
closely related to Narragansett
this entity surface form:
Southern New England Algonquian subgroup