Tutelo
E947502
Tutelo is a nearly extinct Siouan language historically spoken by the Tutelo people of the eastern United States, particularly in present-day Virginia and West Virginia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tutelo canonical | 3 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Siouan language
ⓘ
indigenous language of North America ⓘ language ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
Frank G. Speck
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Horatio Hale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Tutelo people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Tutelo-Saponi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yesañ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDocumentationType |
grammatical notes
ⓘ
texts ⓘ wordlists ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
ablaut in verb stems
ⓘ
animacy distinctions ⓘ complex pronominal system ⓘ consonant clusters simplified in some dialect data ⓘ distinct inclusive and exclusive first person plural pronouns ⓘ noun incorporation ⓘ person marking on verbs ⓘ polysynthetic morphology ⓘ possessive prefixes on nouns ⓘ postpositions rather than prepositions ⓘ prefixing and suffixing morphology ⓘ rich verb inflection ⓘ verb-final word order tendencies ⓘ vowel length contrasts ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern United States ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | tta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Eastern Siouan branch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
Biloxi language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Catawban languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Dakotan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Ofo language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Siouan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lastFluentSpeakersDiedInCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Tutelo tribe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInThePast |
North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | nearly extinct ⓘ |
| subfamily | Eastern Siouan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedByCommunity | Tutelo descendants in cultural and heritage contexts ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.