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Categories: Native American languages of the eastern woodlands | Eastern Algonquian languages | Languages of the United States | Extinct languages
Quiripi
Quiripi is the name of a Native American language of the Algonquian language family, specifically the Algonquin-Mosan branch. It was spoken by the Quinnipiack tribe of south-central Connecticut. It is theorized to be extinct due to the dwindling and disappearance of the Quinnipiack tribe during the colonial period.
A Quiripi word which remains to the present-day is the tribe's name of Quinnipiack. It is believed this word means either "long water river" or "long water country".
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