 Eastern Abenaki languages are spoken by several peoples, including the Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot of coastal Maine.The last known natively fluent speaker of Penobscot, Madeline Shay, died in 1993.However, several Penobscot elders still speak Penobscot, and there is an ongoing effort to preserve it and teach it in the local schools.