Western Abenaki language
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Western Abenaki is an endangered Algonquian Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Abenaki people of northern New England and southern Quebec.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abenaki language | 11 |
| Western Abenaki | 9 |
| Western Abenaki language canonical | 7 |
| Abenaki dialect | 1 |
| Western Abenaki lexicon | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Algonquian language
ⓘ
Indigenous language of North America ⓘ endangered language ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Alnôba
ⓘ
Alnôbak ⓘ Western Abenaki language ⓘ
surface form:
Western Abenaki
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Eastern Abenaki languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Abenaki language
Penobscot language ⓘ |
| culturalDomain |
Abenaki oral tradition
ⓘ
ceremonial practices ⓘ traditional stories ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
linguist Gordon M. Day
ⓘ
linguist Laurent P. Gagnon ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Abenaki
ⓘ
surface form:
Abenaki people
|
| glottocode | west2516 ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Missisquoi dialect
ⓘ
St. Francis-Sokoki dialect ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
animacy distinction
ⓘ
obviative marking ⓘ person hierarchy in verb agreement ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
complex verb inflection
ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasal vowels
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasResourceType |
dictionaries
ⓘ
grammars ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | abe ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Algonquian languages ⓘ |
| region |
Eastern Woodlands
ⓘ
surface form:
Northeastern Woodlands
|
| revitalizationEffort |
community language classes
ⓘ
documentation projects ⓘ online learning resources ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| status |
revival language
ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily | Eastern Algonquian languages ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion |
Maine
ⓘ
New Hampshire ⓘ Vermont ⓘ northern New England ⓘ Southern Quebec ⓘ
surface form:
southern Quebec
|
| usedBy |
Abenaki communities in New Hampshire
ⓘ
Abenaki communities in Quebec ⓘ Abenaki communities in Vermont ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Western Abenaki
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Abenaki language
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Abenaki language
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Western Abenaki
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Abenaki language
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Abenaki language
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Abenaki language
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Western Abenaki
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Abenaki language
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Abenaki language
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Abenaki language
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Western Abenaki
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Western Abenaki
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Western Abenaki
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Abenaki dialect
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Western Abenaki
subject surface form:
Gordon M. Day
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Western Abenaki
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Laurent P. Gagnon
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Laurent P. Gagnon
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Western Abenaki
subject surface form:
Laurent P. Gagnon
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Western Abenaki lexicon
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Abenaki language
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Abenaki language