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The Eastern Algonquian languages constitute a subgroup of the Algonquian languages. Prior to European contact, Eastern Algonquian consisted of at least seventeen languages collectively occupying the Atlantic coast of North America and adjacent inland areas, from what are now known as the Canadian Maritime provinces to North Carolina. The available information about individual languages varies widely. Some are known only from one or two documents containing words and phrases collected by missionaries, explorers or settlers, and some documents contain fragmentary evidence about more than one language or dialect. Nearly all of the Eastern Algonquian languages are extinct. Mi'kmaq and Malecite-Passamaquoddy have appreciable numbers of speakers, while Western Abnaki and Delaware are each reported to have fewer than ten speakers post 2000. Eastern Algonquian constitutes a separate genetic subgroup within Algonquian. Two other groups of Algonquian languages that are recognized, ''Plains Algonquian,'' and ''Central Algonquian;'' are geographic, and do not refer to genetic subgroupings. ==Classification== A consensus classification of the known Eastern Algonquian languages and dialects by Goddard (1996) is given below with some emendation, for example treatment of Massachusett and Narragansett as distinct languages. In the case of poorly attested languages, particularly in southern New England, conclusive classification of written records as representing separate languages or dialects may be ultimately impossible. Headings in upper case denote proposed subgroups within Eastern Algonquian. 1. Míkmaq (also known as Micmac, Mi’kmaq, Mi’gmaq, or Mi’kmaw) I. ABENAKIAN : 2. Eastern Abnaki (also known as Abenaki or Abenaki-Penobscot) :: * Penobscot ''(also known as Old Town or Old Town Penobscot)'' :: * Caniba :: * Aroosagunticook :: * Pigwacket : 3. Western Abnaki (also known as Abnaki, St. Francis, Abenaki, or Abenaki-Penobscot) : 4. Malecite-Passamaquoddy (also known as Maliseet-Passamquoddy) :: * Maliseet ''(also known as Malecite)'' :: * Passamaquoddy 5. Etchemin (uncertain – See Note 1) II. SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND : 6. Massachusett :: * North Shore :: * Natick :: * Wampanoag :: * Nauset :: * Cowesit : 7. Narragansett : 8. Loup A (probably Nipmuck) (uncertain – See Note 2) : 9. Loup B (uncertain – See Note 1) : 10. Mohegan-Pequot-Montauk :: * Mohegan :: * Pequot :: * Niantic :: * Montauk :: * Shinnecock (uncertain) : 11. Quiripi-Naugatuck-Unquachog :: * Quiripi ''(also known as Quinnipiak or Connecticut)'' :: * Naugatuck :: * Unquachog III. DELAWARAN :12. Mahican (also known as Mohican) :: * Stockbridge :: * Moravian : DELAWARE :: 13. Munsee :: 14. Unami (also known as Lenape) ::: * Northern Unami ::: * Southern Unami ::: * Unalachtigo 15. Nanticoke :: * Nanticoke :: * Piscataway (also known as Conoy) :: * Choptank 16. Powhatan (also known as Virginia Algonquian) 17. Carolina Algonquian (also known as Pamlico, Pamtico, Pampticough, Christianna Algonquian) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eastern Algonquian languages」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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