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Massachuset

Massachuset

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A Native American language once spoken by people near Massachusetts Bay
  • noun
  • /ˌmæsəˈtʃuːɪt/
translation icon : idioma massachuset
  • Few people today can speak Massachuset, but efforts to revive the language are ongoing.

Examples

  • The grammar of Massachuset is distinct from that of English.

  • Some early colonial documents were translated into Massachuset to communicate with native peoples.

  • The Massachuset language is part of the Algonquian family.

  • Many words in Massachuset have been preserved in local place names.

  • Few people today can speak Massachuset, but efforts to revive the language are ongoing.

  • Some early colonial documents were translated into Massachuset to communicate with native peoples.

  • The grammar of Massachuset is distinct from that of English.

Synonyms

Massachuset language
vsMassachuset
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A language once spoken by the Massachuset people in eastern Massachusetts that is no longer spoken

uses a slightly different phrasing to indicate past use
Massachusetts
vsMassachuset
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A language once spoken by people who lived near Massachusetts Bay

says the same but focuses on past regional use rather than extinction alone
Massachusetts language
vsMassachuset
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A language once spoken by the Massachusett people in eastern Massachusetts that no one now speaks

differs mainly by using an alternate spelling of the people's name

Compounds

Massachuset language
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A language once spoken by the Massachuset people in eastern Massachusetts that is no longer spoken

Surface Forms

Massachuset singular
Massuchusetts singular

Etymology

Massachuset names the Algonquian language of those people and comes from the same place-name meaning 'near the great hill'. So the language is called for the people and the place where it was spoken.