Narragansett

A language of United States

ISO 639: xnt
Population: No known L1 speakers. The last L1 speakers probably died by the 1850s; some rememberers survived into the 1880s (Wojciechowski 1999). Ethnic population: 1,400 ethnic population of Narragansett and Mohegan-Pequot [xpq] (1977 SIL).
Location:: Connecticut; Rhode Island.
Language Status: 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Narragansett Indian Tribe.
Classification: Algic, Algonquian, Eastern Algonquian
Language Use: Shifted to English [eng].
Language Development: Dictionary. Dr. Frank Waabu O’Brien has compiled documentation and instruction materials on Narragansett. There is also a Facebook page containing the alphabet and some vocabulary.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Narragansett
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].

Location: Connecticut; Rhode Island.