Michif

E278587

Métis language contact language endangered language indigenous language of the Americas mixed language

Michif is a unique mixed language of the Métis people that blends Cree and French elements and is spoken in parts of Canada and the United States.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Michif canonical	4
Mitchif	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Métis language ⓘ contact language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ mixed language ⓘ
developedFrom	contact between Cree speakers and French speakers ⓘ
hasAlternateName	Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi language complex ⓘ surface form: French-Cree Michif-Cree ⓘ Michif ⓘ surface form: Mitchif Métis ⓘ surface form: Métis Cree Métis French ⓘ surface form: Métis French-Cree
hasComponentLanguage	Métis French ⓘ surface form: Canadian French English ⓘ Métis French ⓘ Plains Cree ⓘ Saulteaux ⓘ surface form: Saulteaux Ojibwe
hasCulturalSignificanceFor	Métis identity ⓘ
hasEthnicAssociation	Métis ⓘ surface form: Red River Métis Road Allowance Métis ⓘ
hasGlottologCode	mich1243 ⓘ
hasGlottologName	Michif self-link ⓘ
hasGrammarFrom	Cree ⓘ French ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code	crg ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily	Algonquian languages ⓘ Romance languages ⓘ
hasNounSystemFrom	French ⓘ
hasPhonologyInfluencedBy	Cree ⓘ French ⓘ
hasStatus	severely endangered ⓘ
hasSubstrateLanguage	Cree ⓘ French ⓘ
hasVerbSystemFrom	Cree ⓘ
recognizedBy	Government of Canada as an Indigenous language ⓘ
region	Western Canada ⓘ surface form: Prairie Provinces Red River Basin ⓘ surface form: Red River region
spokenBy	Métis ⓘ surface form: Métis people
spokenIn	Alberta ⓘ British Columbia ⓘ Canada ⓘ Manitoba ⓘ Montana ⓘ North Dakota ⓘ Northwest Territories ⓘ Ontario ⓘ Saskatchewan ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Great Plains ⓘ surface form: United States Great Plains
usedFor	everyday communication in some Métis communities ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indigenous languages of Canada → includesLanguage → Michif ⓘ

Métis → hasLanguage → Michif ⓘ

Franco-Americans → associatedLanguageVariety → Michif ⓘ

Michif → hasGlottologName → Michif self-link ⓘ

Michif → hasAlternateName → Michif ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mitchif