Nanticoke language
| Nanticoke | |
|---|---|
| Native to | United States |
| Region | Delaware, Maryland |
| Ethnicity | Nanticoke people |
| Extinct | 1856, with the death of Lydia Clark |
| Revival | 2007 |
Algic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nnt |
nnt | |
| Glottolog | nant1249 |
Nanticoke is an extinct Algonquian language spoken in Delaware and Maryland, United States. The same language was spoken by several neighboring tribes, including the Nanticoke, which constituted the paramount chiefdom; the Choptank, the Assateague, and probably also the Piscataway and the Doeg. The last native speaker died in 1856; in the 21st century, an effort has been made to revive the language.