Piscataway language

id: piscataway-language-179-13279540
title: Piscataway language
text: Piscataway is an extinct Algonquian language formerly spoken by the Piscataway, a dominant chiefdom in southern Maryland on the Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay at time of contact with English settlers. Piscataway, also known as Conoy, is considered a dialect of Nanticoke. This designation is based on the scant evidence available for the Piscataway language. The Doeg tribe, then located in present-day Northern Virginia, are also thought to have spoken a form of the same language. These dialec
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description: Extinct Algonquian language of Maryland, US
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piscataway_language
date created: 2008-03-11T19:37:51Z
date modified: 2024-09-05T03:36:45Z
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