| Loup | |
|---|---|
| Nipmuck | |
| Pronunciation | [lu] loo |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | Massachusetts, Connecticut |
| Ethnicity | likely Nipmuck |
| Extinct | 18th century |
| transcribed with Latin script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:xlo – Loup Axlb – Loup B |
xlo Loup A | |
xlb Loup B | |
| Glottolog | loup1243 Nipmuckloup1245 Loup B |
Loup is an extinct Algonquian language, or possibly group of languages, spoken in colonial New England. It was attested in a notebook titled Mots loups (literally translating to "wolf words"), compiled by Jean-Claude Mathevet, a priest who worked among Algonquian peoples, composing of 124 pages.[1] Loup ('Wolf') was a French colonial ethnographic term, and usage was inconsistent. In modern literature, it refers to two varieties, Loup A and Loup B.[2] The language of the Mots loups notebook is different from all other New England languages, and is believed to have been spoken by the Nipmuc.[1]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Goddard, Ives (2012). "The 'Loup' Languages of Western Massachusetts: The Dialectal Diversity of Southern New England Algonquian". Papers of the 44th Algonquian Conference. 44. SUNY Press: 104–138.