Narragansett language

Narragansett
Narragansett
Native to	United States
Region	Rhode Island
Extinct	~18th-19th century (?) No known L1 speakers today. Ethnic population: 1,400 of Narragansett and Mohegan-Pequot (1977 SIL).;
Language family	Algic Algonquian Eastern Narragansett; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xnt
Linguist List	xnt
Glottolog	narr1280
	The location of the Narragansett tribe and their neighbors, c. 1600

Narragansett /ˌnærəˈɡænsɪt/ is an Algonquian language formerly spoken in most of what is today Rhode Island by the Narragansett people. 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).

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