Southern New England Algonquian

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Southern New England Algonquian is a subgroup of the Algonquian language family comprising closely related Indigenous languages historically spoken in the southern New England region of the United States.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian language subgroup ⓘ
Indigenous language grouping ⓘ
classificationBasis comparative-historical linguistics ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalContext Indigenous cultures of southern New England ⓘ
documentedBy colonial-era wordlists and grammars ⓘ
geographicDistribution Connecticut ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
Rhode Island ⓘ
eastern Long Island ⓘ
parts of New Hampshire ⓘ
parts of Vermont ⓘ
hasAlternativeName SNEA subgroup ⓘ
Southern New England Algonkian ⓘ
hasRevitalizationEffortsIn Massachusett language ⓘ
Mohegan-Pequot language ⓘ
Narragansett language ⓘ
historicalRegion New England ⓘ
includesLanguage Coweset language ⓘ
Loup A language ⓘ
Loup B language ⓘ
Massachusett language ⓘ
Mohegan-Pequot language ⓘ
Narragansett language ⓘ
Niantic language ⓘ
Nipmuc language ⓘ
Pocumtuc language ⓘ
linked to: Pocumtuck language

Quiripi language ⓘ
Tunxis language ⓘ
linked to: Unquachog language
influenced place names in Connecticut ⓘ
place names in Massachusetts ⓘ
place names in Rhode Island ⓘ
toponymy of New England ⓘ
linguisticFeature closely related lexicon among member languages ⓘ
shared phonological innovations within Eastern Algonquian ⓘ
similar verb morphology across member languages ⓘ
macroFamily Algic language family ⓘ
partOf Algonquian language family ⓘ
primarySourcesInclude Bible translations in Massachusett ⓘ
missionary texts ⓘ
region Southern New England ⓘ
relatedTo Delaware languages ⓘ
Mahican language ⓘ
spokenBy Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands ⓘ
linked to: Woodland Indians
status largely extinct as first languages ⓘ
subclassOf Algonquian languages ⓘ
Eastern Algonquian languages ⓘ
timeDepth attested since early colonial period ⓘ
usedFor reconstruction of Proto-Southern New England Algonquian ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Mohegan-Pequot language → linguisticArea → Southern New England Algonquian ⓘ
Nipmuc language → languageBranch → Southern New England Algonquian ⓘ
Wôpanâôt8âôk → glottologClassification → Eastern Algonquian > Southern New England Algonquian ⓘ
linked to: Southern New England Algonquian
Eastern Algonquian languages → hasMember → Narragansett-Massachusett subgroup ⓘ
linked to: Southern New England Algonquian
Massachusett-Natick → lexicalRelation → closely related to Narragansett ⓘ
linked to: Southern New England Algonquian
Massachusett-Natick → isPartOf → Southern New England Algonquian subgroup ⓘ
linked to: Southern New England Algonquian
Quiripi language → hasAlternativeClassification → Southern New England Algonquian ⓘ
Southern New England Algonquian → hasAlternativeName → Southern New England Algonkian ⓘ
linked to: Southern New England Algonquian