Western Abenaki language

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Algonquian language Indigenous language of North America endangered language

Western Abenaki is an endangered Algonquian Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Abenaki people of northern New England and southern Quebec.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form As subject As object
Abenaki language 0 3
Western Abenaki 0 2

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 (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Abenaki language → alsoKnownAs → Western Abenaki language →
this entity surface form: Western Abenaki
Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language → closelyRelatedTo → Western Abenaki language →
this entity surface form: Abenaki language
Algonquian languages → includesLanguage → Western Abenaki language →
Abenaki → language → Western Abenaki language →
this entity surface form: Abenaki language
Abenaki → peopleSubdivision → Western Abenaki language →
this entity surface form: Western Abenaki
Massachusett language → relatedTo → Western Abenaki language →
this entity surface form: Abenaki language