Mohegan-Pequot language

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The Mohegan-Pequot language is an Algonquian Native American language historically spoken by the Mohegan and Pequot peoples of the northeastern United States.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Mohegan-Pequot language canonical 9
Pequot language 4
Mohegan language 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian language
Native American language
endangered language
alternativeName Mohegan language
Mohegan-Pequot-Montauk language
Pequot language
belongsToMacroArea North America
closelyRelatedTo Massachusett language
Narragansett language
Quiripi language
Unquachog language
country United States
documentation documented by early missionaries and linguists
ethnicGroup Mohegan
Pequot
linked to: Pequot people
grammaticalFeature animate–inanimate gender distinction
obviative marking
person hierarchy in verb agreement
hasGlottocode mohe1246
hasISO6393Code xpq
historicallySpokenBy Mohegan people
linked to: Mohegan tribe

Pequot people
historicalPeriodOfDecline 19th century
historicalStatus once widely spoken in coastal Connecticut
influencedBy English language (lexical borrowing)
languageBranch Algic language family
linked to: Algic languages
languageFamily Algonquian languages
languageOf Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut
linked to: Mohegan tribe
linguisticArea Southern New England Algonquian
morphology complex inflectional system
rich verbal morphology
partOf Mohegan-Pequot-Montauk dialect continuum
phonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
nasal vowels
region Connecticut
New England
Northeastern United States
revitalization taught in Mohegan tribal programs
status moribund
revival efforts in progress
subfamily Eastern Algonquian languages
typology head-marking language
polysynthetic language
useContext cultural preservation activities
traditional ceremonies
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (16)

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

Mohegan tribe language Mohegan-Pequot language
Mohegan tribe historicalLanguage Mohegan-Pequot language
Massachusett language relatedTo Mohegan-Pequot language
Mohegan nativeLanguage Mohegan-Pequot language
Mohegan-Pequot language alternativeName Mohegan language
linked to: Mohegan-Pequot language
Mohegan-Pequot language alternativeName Pequot language
linked to: Mohegan-Pequot language
Mohegan-Pequot language partOf Mohegan-Pequot-Montauk dialect continuum
linked to: Mohegan-Pequot language
Mashantucket Pequot Tribe historicalLanguage Pequot language
linked to: Mohegan-Pequot language
Eastern Pequot Tribe ancestralLanguage Pequot language
linked to: Mohegan-Pequot language
Owaneco language Mohegan-Pequot language
Nipmuc language relatedTo Mohegan-Pequot language
Indigenous peoples of New England hasLanguage Mohegan-Pequot language
Eastern Algonquian languages hasMember Mohegan-Pequot language
Eastern Algonquian languages hasMember Mohegan language
linked to: Mohegan-Pequot language
Eastern Algonquian languages hasMember Pequot language
linked to: Mohegan-Pequot language