The Shinnecock Inian Nation is an Algonquian tribe in Southampton (town), New York on the east end of Long Island in the Hamptons. Prior to European colonisation, many tribes inhabited Long Island, and were often culturally affiliated as well as politically subject to more powerful tribes of southern New England. The Shinnecock are believed to have spoken an Algonquain Y-dialect, similar to the Niantic, Montaukett, and Narragansett, unlike their western neighbours who most likely spoke an R-dialect, like the Wappinger and western Connecticut tribes. The language went extinct sometime in the mid 19th century, although a few words have survived to the modern day. For convenience, the Shinnecock and other Long Island tribes, such as the Montaukett, are grouped under the geographic term Metoac.