Yesan

E947503

Yesan is an alternate name for the Tutelo language, a nearly extinct Siouan language historically spoken by the Tutelo people of eastern North America.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Yesan canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Siouan language ⓘ
Siouan language ⓘ
language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternateNameOf Tutelo language ⓘ
associatedPeople Saponi people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saponi people NERFINISHED ⓘ
documentedBy Horatio Hale ⓘ
Horatio Hale ⓘ
ethnicGroup Tutelo people ⓘ
Tutelo people ⓘ
extinctionRisk critically endangered ⓘ
critically endangered ⓘ
hasAlternateName Tutelo ⓘ
Yesan ⓘ
hasLinguisticRelation Catawba language ⓘ
Catawba language ⓘ
Ofo language ⓘ
Ofo language ⓘ
historicallySpokenBy Tutelo people ⓘ
Tutelo people ⓘ
historicalRegion eastern North America ⓘ
eastern North America ⓘ
languageBranch Catawban–Tutelo branch ⓘ
linked to: Catawba

Catawban–Tutelo branch ⓘ
linked to: Catawba
languageEndangerment moribund ⓘ
moribund ⓘ
languageFamily Siouan ⓘ
linked to: Siouan languages

Siouan ⓘ
linked to: Siouan languages
region North Carolina ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
status nearly extinct ⓘ
nearly extinct ⓘ
subfamily Eastern Siouan ⓘ
Eastern Siouan ⓘ
timeDepth pre-colonial North America ⓘ
pre-colonial North America ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Tutelo people → alsoKnownAs → Yesan ⓘ
Tutelo language → hasAlternateName → Yesan ⓘ
subject linked to: Yesan