Eliot orthography

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Eliot orthography is a historic writing system developed in the 17th century by missionary John Eliot to represent the Massachusett (Wôpanâak) language using the Latin alphabet.

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instanceOf historic orthography ⓘ
orthography ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedPerson John Eliot ⓘ
associatedWithDenomination Puritanism ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Christianity ⓘ
basedOn English orthography ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Colonial America ⓘ
designedForLanguage Massachusett language ⓘ
Wôpanâak language ⓘ
linked to: Wampanoag language
developedBy John Eliot ⓘ
developedInApproximateYear 1660s ⓘ
developedInCentury 17th century ⓘ
documentationLanguage English ⓘ
encodingSystem Latin letters without special diacritics ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance first Bible printed in an Indigenous North American language ⓘ
historicalStatus no longer in everyday use ⓘ
influenced later Massachusett language documentation ⓘ
languageFamilyContext Algonquian languages ⓘ
namedAfter John Eliot ⓘ
notableWorkWrittenIn Eliot Indian Bible ⓘ
phonologicalCoverage approximates Massachusett phonemes with English-based spelling conventions ⓘ
preservedIn archival manuscripts ⓘ
historical printed books ⓘ
primaryPurpose Bible translation ⓘ
Christian missionary work ⓘ
relevanceToday used in language revitalization reference work ⓘ
used in linguistic research on Massachusett ⓘ
scriptDirection left-to-right ⓘ
timePeriod Colonial era ⓘ
usedBy Massachusett people ⓘ
Puritan missionaries ⓘ
usedFor catechisms ⓘ
dictionaries ⓘ
grammars ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
usedInRegion Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
New England ⓘ
usedUntilApproximateCentury 18th century ⓘ
usesScript Latin alphabet ⓘ
writingSystemType alphabetic ⓘ

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