Eastern Abenaki languages

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Eastern Abenaki languages are a branch of the Algonquian language family traditionally spoken by several Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern United States, including the Penobscot.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian language variety
language branch
closelyRelatedTo Western Abenaki language
culturallyAssociatedWith Penobscot Nation
linked to: Penobscot people

Wabanaki Confederacy
hasGrammaticalCategory animate–inanimate noun distinction
obviative marking
person hierarchy in verb agreement
hasMember Androscoggin Abenaki
linked to: Abenaki

Eastern Abenaki language (Penobscot–Kennebec)
linked to: Penobscot language

Kennebec Abenaki
linked to: Penobscot people

Penobscot dialect
linked to: Penobscot language

Penobscot language
St. Francis Abenaki
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verb inflection
polysynthetic morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature rich consonant inventory typical of Algonquian languages
hasSyntacticFeature flexible word order
higherClassification Eastern Algonquian
languageFamily Algonquian
linguisticAncestorOf modern Abenaki revitalization varieties
partOf Algic language family
linked to: Algic languages
revitalizationEfforts community language classes
dictionary compilation
documentation projects
orthography development
spokenBy Abenaki peoples
linked to: Abenaki

Maliseet peoples
linked to: Maliseet people

Passamaquoddy peoples
Penobscot people
Western Abenaki people
linked to: Abenaki
status moribund
partially extinct
severely endangered
subclassOf Algonquian languages
Eastern Algonquian languages
traditionalRegion Maine
New England
New Hampshire
Northeastern United States
Quebec
linked to: Quebec, Canada

Vermont
usedFor ceremonial practices
oral tradition
storytelling
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (8)

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

Penobscot people subgroupOf Eastern Abenaki
linked to: Eastern Abenaki languages
Penobscot people languageFamily Eastern Abenaki languages
Western Abenaki language closelyRelatedTo Eastern Abenaki language
linked to: Eastern Abenaki languages
Algic includesLanguage Eastern Abenaki
linked to: Eastern Abenaki languages
Penobscot language closelyRelatedTo Eastern Abenaki
linked to: Eastern Abenaki languages
Alnôba closelyRelatedTo Eastern Abenaki
linked to: Eastern Abenaki languages
Missisquoi dialect relatedLanguage Eastern Abenaki language
linked to: Eastern Abenaki languages
Eastern Algonquian languages hasMember Eastern Abenaki language
linked to: Eastern Abenaki languages