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Quiripi language
| Quiripi | |
|---|---|
| Wampano | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | Gold Coast, Long Island |
| Ethnicity | Quinnipiac, Unquachog, Mattabessett (Wangunk), Podunk, Tunxis, Paugussett |
| Extinct | ca. 1900 |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | qyp |
| Glottolog | wamp1250 |
 The location of the Paugussett, Tunxis, Podunk, Quinnipiac, Mattabesic (Wangunk), Unquachog and their neighbors, c. 1600 | |
Quiripi (pronounced /ˈkwɪrɪpiː/ KWIH-rih-pee,[1] also known as Mattabesic,[2] Quiripi-Unquachog, Quiripi-Naugatuck, and Wampano) was an Algonquian language formerly spoken by the indigenous people of southwestern Connecticut and central Long Island,[3][4] including the Quinnipiac, Unquachog, Mattabessett (Wangunk), Podunk, Tunxis, and Paugussett (subgroups Naugatuck, Potatuck, Weantinock). It has been effectively extinct since the end of the 19th century,[5] although Frank T. Siebert, Jr., was able to record a few Unquachog words from an elderly woman in 1932.[6]
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