Massachusett language
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The Massachusett language is an Eastern Algonquian Native American language historically spoken in what is now eastern Massachusetts and surrounding areas, known for its early documentation and ongoing revitalization efforts.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Massachusett language canonical | 20 |
| Massachusetts language | 1 |
| Natick dialect | 1 |
| Penacook dialect | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Algonquian language
ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ indigenous language of North America ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Massachusett-Natick
ⓘ
Massachusett language ⓘ
surface form:
Massachusetts language
Natick language ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | identity marker for Massachusett and Wampanoag peoples ⓘ |
| documentationType |
catechisms
ⓘ
dictionaries ⓘ grammars ⓘ religious texts ⓘ |
| earlyDocumentation | 17th century ⓘ |
| geographicProximity |
Greater Boston
ⓘ
surface form:
Boston region
Cape Cod ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Cod region
eastern Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form:
Massachusetts Bay area
|
| hasFeature |
animacy-based grammar
ⓘ
complex verb morphology ⓘ obviative marking ⓘ polysynthetic morphology ⓘ rich system of affixes ⓘ |
| hasOrthographicTradition | Eliot orthography ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
New England
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
eastern Massachusetts ⓘ |
| influenced |
New England place names
ⓘ
toponymy of Massachusetts ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | wam ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Algonquian languages ⓘ |
| notableText | Eliot Indian Bible ⓘ |
| notableTranslator | John Eliot ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Western Abenaki language
ⓘ
surface form:
Abenaki language
Mohegan-Pequot language ⓘ Narragansett language ⓘ Wampanoag language ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffort |
community-based language programs
ⓘ
language classes in Massachusetts ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Massachusett people
ⓘ
Natick, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form:
Natick community
Wampanoag people ⓘ |
| status |
historically dormant language
ⓘ
revitalized language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Eastern Algonquian languages ⓘ |
| timeOfMajorMissionaryActivity | 17th century New England ⓘ |
| usedIn | Christian missionary work ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Massachusett language Description of subject: The Massachusett language is an Eastern Algonquian Native American language historically spoken in what is now eastern Massachusetts and surrounding areas, known for its early documentation and ongoing revitalization efforts.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Massachusetts language
this entity surface form:
Penacook dialect
subject surface form:
Unami language
this entity surface form:
Natick dialect