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Name:
Quiripi-Unquachog
Alternate Names:
Quiripi; Quiripi-Naugatuck-Unquachog-Shinnecock; Quinnipiac-Naugatuck-Unquachog-Shinnecock; Connecticut-Naugatuck-Unquachog-Shinnecock
Code:
qyp
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
SIL
Families:
Algic (Algonquian-Wiyot-Yurok, Algonquian-Ritwan)
Parent Subgroup:
Southern New England Algonquian; Southern New England (gzdi)
Brief Description:
"Quiripi-Unquachog was an Algonquian language of the Southern New England group, spoken in western Connecticut and central Long Island. Documentation is sparse (although it includes an Unquachog vocabulary collected on Long Island by Thomas Jefferson). The language was extinct by the early nineteenth century." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 21
Linguist List Status: Extinct
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct
Map of Quiripi-Unquachog
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