Pamunkey language

The Pamunkey language is generally assumed to have been Algonquian.

However, only fourteen words have been preserved, which is not enough to determine that the language actually was Algonquian.

[1][2] The only attested Pamunkey words, which were recorded in 1844 by Reverend E.A.

Dalrymple S.T.D., are:[3] Below is a comparison of Pamunkey words and selected proto-languages from Zamponi (2024).

[4] Except for nikkut 'one', which is clearly similar to Powhatan nekut, none of the words correspond to any known Algonquian language, or to reconstructions of proto-Algonquian.