Penobscot language

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The Penobscot language is an Eastern Algonquian Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Penobscot people of Maine.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Algonquian language ⓘ
Indigenous language of North America ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ
alternativeName Penobscot ⓘ
Penobscot Abenaki ⓘ
linked to: Penobscot people
closelyRelatedTo Abenaki language ⓘ
Eastern Abenaki ⓘ
Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language ⓘ
Mi'kmaq language ⓘ
linked to: Mi’kmaq
country United States ⓘ
documentedBy Frank T. Siebert Jr. ⓘ
linguists of Algonquian languages ⓘ
ethnicGroup Penobscot Nation ⓘ
linked to: Penobscot people
hasAncestor Proto-Algonquian ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature animacy distinction ⓘ
complex verb morphology ⓘ
obviative marking ⓘ
person marking on verbs ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
hasResourceType audio recordings ⓘ
dictionaries ⓘ
grammatical descriptions ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature flexible word order ⓘ
head-marking ⓘ
ISO639-3 aaq ⓘ
languageFamily Algic ⓘ
Algonquian ⓘ
partOf Algic language family ⓘ
linked to: Algic languages
primaryLocation Penobscot Indian Island Reservation ⓘ
region Northeastern North America ⓘ
revitalizationEffortsBy Penobscot Nation ⓘ
linked to: Penobscot people

Penobscot Nation Cultural and Historic Preservation Department ⓘ
spokenIn Maine ⓘ
United States ⓘ
status revitalized language ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ
subfamilyOf Algonquian languages ⓘ
Eastern Algonquian languages ⓘ
taughtAt Penobscot Nation schools ⓘ
community language classes in Maine ⓘ
traditionalLanguageOf Penobscot people ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial practices ⓘ
cultural preservation ⓘ
traditional stories ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

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

Mount Katahdin → hasNameOrigin → Penobscot language ⓘ
Penobscot people → language → Penobscot language ⓘ
Western Abenaki language → closelyRelatedTo → Penobscot language ⓘ
Wabanaki peoples → usesLanguage → Penobscot language ⓘ
Eastern Abenaki languages → hasMember → Penobscot language ⓘ
Eastern Abenaki languages → hasMember → Eastern Abenaki language (Penobscot–Kennebec) ⓘ
linked to: Penobscot language
Eastern Abenaki languages → hasMember → Penobscot dialect ⓘ
linked to: Penobscot language
Pαnawάhpskewi → languageOfOrigin → Penobscot language ⓘ
Indian Island, Maine → hasNativeNameLanguage → Penobscot language ⓘ
Alnôba → closelyRelatedTo → Penobscot language ⓘ
Eastern Algonquian languages → hasMember → Penobscot language ⓘ
Joseph Orono → languageUsed → Penobscot language ⓘ
Joseph Orono → nativeLanguage → Penobscot language ⓘ
Penobscot → language → Penobscot language ⓘ
Frank T. Siebert Jr. → fieldOfWork → Penobscot language ⓘ
Frank T. Siebert Jr. → languageStudied → Penobscot language ⓘ