Editing Massachusett language (section)

====Exonyms====
The English settlers of the Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies initially referred to Massachusett as the ''Indian language'', at first because they were unaware of the ethnic and linguistic boundaries between peoples. ''Massachusett'' was adopted as a general term, although due to the influence of the Indian mission and the success of the Praying Town of Natick, ''Natick'' also was a common reference to the language, especially in written form. In the Plymouth Colony, both ''Massachusett'' and ''Wampanoag'', especially since the colony covered most of their traditional territory, were in general use. These three terms remain the most common way of referring to the language in English today, supplanting older colonial names such as ''Nonantum'', ''Pokanoket'' or ''Aberginian''.

In more technical contexts, Massachusett is often known by names referring to its pan-ethnic usage, such as ''Massachusett-Wampanoag'', ''Wampanoag-Massachusett'', ''Massachusett-Coweset'' or ''Massachusett-Narragansett'', although the majority of linguists consider Narragansett a separate albeit closely related language.<ref name="ew">Costa, D. J. (2007). p. 108.</ref> Due to the heavy scholarly, cultural and media attention surrounding the revival of the language under the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project of Jessie Little Doe Baird, and also because the Wampanoag far outnumber Massachusett people, the use of 'Wampanoag' or its revived form 'Wôpanâak' to refer to the entire language is increasing.<ref name="Project History"/><ref name="ew"/>