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