Mohegan-Pequot language

Mohegan-Pequot
Mohiks-Piqut Uyôtowáwôk
Native toUnited States
RegionSouthern New England, Eastern Long Island
EthnicityMohegan, Montauk, Niantic, Pequot, and Shinnecock
Extinct1908, with the death of Fidelia Fielding[1]
Revivalbeginning 2010
Algic
Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-3xpq
Glottologpequ1242
The location of the Mohegan, Pequot, Montaukett, Niantic, and Shinnecock, and their neighbors, c. 1600

Mohegan-Pequot (also known as Mohegan-Pequot-Montauk, Secatogue, and Shinnecock-Poosepatuck; dialects in New England included Mohegan, Pequot, and Niantic; and on Long Island, Montaukett and Shinnecock) is an Algonquian language formerly spoken by indigenous peoples in southern present-day New England and eastern Long Island.[2]

  1. ^ "Canku Ota - Aug. 11, 2001 - Mohegans Rebuilding Language". Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
  2. ^ Lewis, M. Paul (ed.), 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 16th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics

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