Powhatan language
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The Powhatan language is an extinct Eastern Algonquian Native American language once spoken in the Tidewater region of Virginia by the Powhatan Confederacy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Powhatan language canonical | 4 |
| Virginia Algonquian | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Algonquian language
ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Powhatan Algonquian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virginia Algonquian NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Indian language (Powhatan) ⓘ |
| associatedWithHistoricalFigure |
Chief Powhatan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pocahontas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branch | Southern New England–Virginia subgroup (proposed) ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Massachusett language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Narragansett language ⓘ Unami Delaware language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| documentedIn |
Smith’s Map of Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Strachey’s "The Historie of Travaile into Virginia Britannia" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Powhatan people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extinction | 18th century ⓘ |
| family | Algonquian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | powa1246 ⓘ |
| hasDescendant | Virginia Algonquian (reconstructed variety) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDomain | indigenous languages of Eastern North America ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | modern tribal identity in Virginia ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsIn | English place names in Virginia ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | polysynthetic morphology (typical of Algonquian) ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | contrast between short and long vowels (reconstructed) ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | verb-centered clause structure (typical of Algonquian) ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfUse |
early English colonial period in Virginia
ⓘ
pre-contact era in Tidewater Virginia ⓘ |
| influenced | toponyms in Virginia ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | pim ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Algic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOf | Powhatan Confederacy territory ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology |
fusional–polysynthetic language
ⓘ
head-marking language ⓘ |
| partOf | cultural heritage of Virginia tribes ⓘ |
| reconstructedFrom |
colonial-era wordlists
ⓘ
records by John Smith ⓘ records by William Strachey ⓘ |
| region | Tidewater region of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffort |
educational programs using reconstructed Powhatan vocabulary
ⓘ
language reclamation projects by Virginia tribes ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Powhatan Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Chesapeake Bay area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Coastal plain of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subfamily | Eastern Algonquian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedUntil | colonial period in Virginia ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Virginia Algonquian
this entity surface form:
Virginia Algonquian