Nīhithawīwin
E282877
Nīhithawīwin is the Cree people’s own name for their language, reflecting their Indigenous linguistic and cultural identity in Canada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nīhithawīwin canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cree language variety
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cree cultural resurgence
ⓘ
Indigenous language revitalization in Canada ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | exonyms such as "Cree" ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole |
carrier of Cree oral tradition
ⓘ
expression of Indigenous knowledge ⓘ marker of Cree identity ⓘ |
| hasEducationalUse |
taught in some Cree community schools
ⓘ
used in language immersion and revitalization programs ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
animacy distinction
ⓘ
complex demonstrative system ⓘ obviation system ⓘ person marking on verbs ⓘ rich verb morphology ⓘ |
| hasLanguageType |
morphologically complex language
ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| hasOrthographicStandard | community-based spelling conventions ⓘ |
| hasRegister |
ceremonial speech forms
ⓘ
everyday conversational speech ⓘ |
| hasStatus | Indigenous language of Canada ⓘ |
| isEndonymFor | Cree language ⓘ |
| linkedToConcept |
Cree kinship systems
ⓘ
Cree land-based knowledge ⓘ Cree worldview ⓘ |
| nameInLanguage | Cree ⓘ |
| partOfLanguageFamily |
Algic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Algic language family
Algonquian languages ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Cree peoples
ⓘ
surface form:
Cree communities
|
| refersTo | Cree language ⓘ |
| spokenByEthnicGroup |
Cree peoples
ⓘ
surface form:
nīhithawak (Cree people)
|
| spokenIn |
Alberta
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Manitoba ⓘ Plains of Canada ⓘ
surface form:
Prairie provinces of Canada
Saskatchewan ⓘ parts of Ontario ⓘ parts of the Northwest Territories ⓘ |
| transmission | primarily oral, with written forms ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Cree peoples
ⓘ
surface form:
Cree people
|
| usedIn |
Cree ceremonies
ⓘ
Cree songs ⓘ Cree storytelling ⓘ Cree traditional governance contexts ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Canadian Aboriginal syllabics
ⓘ
surface form:
Cree syllabics
Latin alphabet ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.