PIM ISO 639-3
Powhatan
A language of United States
- ISO 639
- pim
- Alternate Names
- Virginia Algonkian, Virginia Algonquian
- Population
- No known L1 speakers. The last speaker had either died or shifted to English by 1800 (Pereltsvaig 2017). Ethnic population: 3,000 (1977 SIL).
- Location:
- Virginia: Tidewater.
- Language Status
- 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Pamunkey Indian Tribe.
- Classification
- Algic, Algonquian, Eastern Algonquian
- Language Use
- Shifted to English [eng].
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Map
Location: Virginia: Tidewater.
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