Narragansett language

Narragansett
Native toUnited States
RegionRhode Island
Ethnicity1,400 Narragansett and Mohegan-Pequot (1977 SIL)
Extinct~18th-19th century (?)
  • No known L1 speakers today.
Language codes
ISO 639-3xnt
xnt
Glottolognarr1280
The location of the Narragansett tribe and their neighbors, c. 1600

Narragansett /ˌnærəˈɡænsɪt/[1] is an Algonquian language formerly spoken in most of what is today Rhode Island by the Narragansett people.[2] It was closely related to the other Algonquian languages of southern New England like Massachusett and Mohegan-Pequot. The earliest study of the language in English was by Roger Williams, founder of the Rhode Island colony, in his book A Key Into the Language of America (1643).

  1. ^ Simmons, William S. (1978). "Narragansett". In Trigger, Bruce G. (ed.). Handbook of North American Indians. Vol. 15: Northeast. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. p. 190. ISBN 978-0160045752.
  2. ^ Narragansett language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon

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