Quiripi language
LANGUAGE
Quiripi; Unkechaug; Mattabesic; ISO 639:qyp; Unquachog language; Wampano language; Unquachog; Paugusset language; Quinnipiac language
Quiripi (pronounced ,Salwen (1978:175) also known as Mattabesic, Quiripi-Unquachog, Quiripi-Naugatuck, and Wampano) was an Algonquian language formerly spoken by the indigenous people of southwestern Connecticut and central Long Island,Rudes (1997:1)Goddard (1978:72) including the Quinnipiac, Unquachog, Mattabessett, Podunk, Tunxis, and Paugussett (subgroups Naugatuck, Potatuck, Weantinock). It has been effectively extinct since the end of the 19th century,Goddard (1978:71) although Frank T.