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)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Penobscot language canonical | 13 |
| Eastern Abenaki language (Penobscot–Kennebec) | 1 |
| Penobscot dialect | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2423612 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Penobscot language Context triple: [Mount Katahdin, hasNameOrigin, Penobscot language]
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A.
Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language
The Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language is an Eastern Algonquian Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Maliseet and Passamaquoddy peoples in what is now northeastern North America, particularly in parts of Maine and New Brunswick.
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B.
Narragansett language
The Narragansett language is an Algonquian Native American language of the Northeastern United States, historically spoken by the Narragansett people of present-day Rhode Island.
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C.
Nipmuc language
The Nipmuc language is an Algonquian Native American language historically spoken by the Nipmuc people of central New England, now the focus of revitalization efforts after near extinction.
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D.
Naskapi language
The Naskapi language is an Indigenous Algonquian language spoken primarily by the Naskapi people of northern Quebec and Labrador in Canada.
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E.
Mohawk language
The Mohawk language is an Indigenous Iroquoian language of North America, traditionally spoken by the Mohawk people in regions of what are now New York, Ontario, and Quebec.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Penobscot language Target entity description: The Penobscot language is an Eastern Algonquian Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Penobscot people of Maine.
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A.
Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language
The Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language is an Eastern Algonquian Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Maliseet and Passamaquoddy peoples in what is now northeastern North America, particularly in parts of Maine and New Brunswick.
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B.
Narragansett language
The Narragansett language is an Algonquian Native American language of the Northeastern United States, historically spoken by the Narragansett people of present-day Rhode Island.
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C.
Nipmuc language
The Nipmuc language is an Algonquian Native American language historically spoken by the Nipmuc people of central New England, now the focus of revitalization efforts after near extinction.
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D.
Naskapi language
The Naskapi language is an Indigenous Algonquian language spoken primarily by the Naskapi people of northern Quebec and Labrador in Canada.
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E.
Mohawk language
The Mohawk language is an Indigenous Iroquoian language of North America, traditionally spoken by the Mohawk people in regions of what are now New York, Ontario, and Quebec.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Algonquian language
ⓘ
Indigenous language of North America ⓘ Native American language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Penobscot
ⓘ
Penobscot people ⓘ
surface form:
Penobscot Abenaki
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Abenaki language
ⓘ
Eastern Abenaki languages ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Abenaki
Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language ⓘ Mi’kmaq ⓘ
surface form:
Mi'kmaq language
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| documentedBy |
Frank T. Siebert Jr.
ⓘ
linguists of Algonquian languages ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Penobscot people
ⓘ
surface form:
Penobscot Nation
|
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Algonquian language
ⓘ
surface form:
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 languages ⓘ
surface form:
Algonquian
|
| partOf |
Algic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Algic language family
|
| primaryLocation |
Penobscot Indian Island community
ⓘ
surface form:
Penobscot Indian Island Reservation
|
| region | Northeastern North America ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffortsBy |
Penobscot people
ⓘ
surface form:
Penobscot Nation
Penobscot Nation tribal government offices ⓘ
surface form:
Penobscot Nation Cultural and Historic Preservation Department
|
| spokenIn |
Maine
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
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 alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Penobscot language Description of subject: The Penobscot language is an Eastern Algonquian Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Penobscot people of Maine.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Eastern Abenaki language (Penobscot–Kennebec)
this entity surface form:
Penobscot dialect
subject surface form:
Joseph Orono