Saponi language
E778728
The Saponi language is an extinct Siouan language once spoken by the Saponi people of the southeastern United States, closely related to other Eastern Siouan languages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saponi language canonical | 2 |
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Siouan language
ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ |
| associatedTribe |
Saponi tribe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sappony (Haliwa-Saponi) descendants ⓘ |
| branchOf | Eastern Siouan branch ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | well-attested Eastern Siouan language ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalAssociation | Saponi traditional culture ⓘ |
| documentationLevel | poorly documented ⓘ |
| endonymStatus | original name uncertain ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Saponi people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extinctionCause | language shift to English ⓘ |
| geneticRelation |
Catawba language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Monacan language NERFINISHED ⓘ Occaneechi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tutelo language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
colonial-era southeastern United States
ⓘ
pre-colonial North America ⓘ |
| isoStatus | no ISO 639-3 code ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Siouan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamilyHigher | Siouan–Catawban NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageShiftTo |
English
ⓘ
neighboring colonial languages ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Eastern Woodlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticRelationType | closely related to other Eastern Siouan languages ⓘ |
| macroArea | North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | southeastern United States ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Saponi people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subfamily | Eastern Siouan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature | likely polysynthetic (inferred from Siouan relatives) ⓘ |
| wordOrder | likely SOV (inferred from Siouan relatives) ⓘ |
| writingSystem | no indigenous writing system ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.