Quiripi language

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The Quiripi language is an extinct Algonquian language once spoken by Indigenous peoples in what is now southern New England and eastern Long Island.

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Quiripi language canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian language
Native American language
extinct language
alsoKnownAs Mattabesic
Quinnipiac
Quiripi-Mattabesic
linked to: Mattabesic

Quiripi-Unquachog
Wampano
closelyRelatedTo Mohegan-Pequot language
Narragansett language
countryNow United States
documentationQuality poorly attested
extinctionPeriod 19th century
geographicArea Long Island Sound region
linked to: Long Island Sound
glottocode quir1238
hasAlternativeClassification Southern New England Algonquian
hasEndonymType exonym-based documentation
hasEthnologueEntry yes
hasHistoricalContactWith Dutch colonists
English colonists
hasHistoricalPeriodOfUse 17th century
18th century
hasLinguisticDataType religious texts
vocabularies
wordlists
hasPhylum Algic languages
hasReconstructionFocus basic vocabulary
phonology
hasSourceLanguageForLoanwords Dutch
English
ISO639-3Code qyp
languageFamily Algonquian languages
linguisticStatus poorly documented Eastern Algonquian language
reconstructedBy linguists of Eastern Algonquian
region Connecticut
New York
spokenBy Indigenous peoples of eastern Long Island
Indigenous peoples of southern New England
spokenByGroup Mattabesic peoples
linked to: Quinnipiac people

Quinnipiac people
Unquachog people
linked to: Sakonnet people
spokenInPastIn eastern Long Island
southern New England
status extinct
subfamily Eastern Algonquian languages
usedFor Christian religious instruction in colonial period
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (5)

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

Mohegan-Pequot language closelyRelatedTo Quiripi language
Quiripi people language Quiripi language
Nipmuc language relatedTo Quiripi language
Montaukett language closelyRelatedTo Quiripi language