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Name: Carolina Algonquian
Alternate Name: Carolina Algonquin
Once Spoken in: USA
Code: crr
Code Authority: ISO 639-3
Code Standard: SIL
Families: Algic (Algonquian-Wiyot-Yurok, Algonquian-Ritwan)
Parent Subgroup: Carolina Algonquian (cral)
Brief Description: "Carolina Algonquian, also known as Pamlico, was the Algonquian language spoken in the vicinity of Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. It is known only from two short word lists, one from the Roanoke colony in the 1580s, the other published in 1709. The language became extinct in the eighteenth century." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 11

Endangerment Status


Linguist List Status: Extinct
Ethnologue Status: Extinct
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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