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Pamlico

Pamlico

9.9
An Algonquian language once spoken by the Pamlico people that is no longer spoken
  • noun
  • Literature
: idioma pamlico
  • The Pamlico language was once spoken by the Pamlico people.

Examples

  • Few written records of Pamlico remain after the language became extinct in the 18th century.

  • Linguists have studied Pamlico to better understand the history of Algonquian languages.

  • The tribe's oral traditions and their use of Pamlico have greatly influenced regional history.

  • Is the Pamlico language still being studied today?

  • Few written records of Pamlico remain after the language became extinct in the 18th century.

  • Linguists have studied Pamlico to better understand the history of Algonquian languages.

  • The tribe's oral traditions and their use of Pamlico have greatly influenced regional history.

Synonyms

Pamlico language
vsPamlico
  • Literature
9.9

An extinct Native American language once spoken by the Pamlico people in North Carolina

has identical meaning but leaves out the location

Compounds

Pamlico language
  • Literature
9.9

An extinct Native American language once spoken by the Pamlico people in North Carolina

Surface Forms

Pamlico singular
Pamlicos plural

Etymology

The word Pamlico also names the language of that group. It simply means 'the speech of the Pamlico people', and the language is now extinct.