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| Narragansett | |
|---|---|
| Native to | United States |
| Region | Rhode Island |
| Ethnicity | 1,400 Narragansett and Mohegan-Pequot (1977 SIL) |
| Extinct | ~18th-19th century |
Algic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xnt |
xnt | |
| Glottolog | narr1280 |
 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).
- ^ 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.
- ^ Narragansett language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
