Myaamia
E282884
Myaamia is an Algonquian Native American language historically spoken by the Miami (Myaamia) people of the Midwest United States, now the focus of active revitalization efforts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Myaamia canonical | 8 |
| Myaamia people | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Algonquian language
ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ revitalized language ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Miami language
ⓘ
Miami-Illinois ⓘ |
| associatedEthnicGroup |
Miami Nation of Indiana
ⓘ
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma ⓘ |
| autonym | Myaamia self-link ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Fox language
ⓘ
Kickapoo language ⓘ Anishinaabemowin ⓘ
surface form:
Ojibwe language
Shawnee language ⓘ |
| culturalRole | central to Miami identity ⓘ |
| currentUse |
taught in community language programs
ⓘ
used in cultural and educational contexts ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
French missionary records
ⓘ
Jesuit dictionaries ⓘ early wordlists and grammars ⓘ |
| glottocode | miam1252 ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
animacy-based grammar
ⓘ
complex verb morphology ⓘ obviative marking ⓘ person hierarchy in verb agreement ⓘ polysynthetic morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| historicallySpokenBy | Miami people ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Illinois
ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ Kansas ⓘ Michigan ⓘ Midwestern United States ⓘ Ohio ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ Wisconsin ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | mia ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Algonquian languages ⓘ |
| macroFamily | Algic languages ⓘ |
| revitalizationLedBy | Miami Tribe of Oklahoma ⓘ |
| revitalizationMethod |
development of teaching materials
ⓘ
university-community partnership model ⓘ use of archival documentation ⓘ |
| revitalizationPartner |
Miami University
ⓘ
surface form:
Miami University (Ohio)
|
| revitalizationProgram |
Myaamia Center at Miami University (Ohio)
ⓘ
surface form:
Myaamia Center at Miami University
|
| revitalizationStatus | subject of active language revitalization ⓘ |
| statusIn20thCentury | no native speakers by mid-20th century ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf |
Central Algonquian
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Algonquian languages
|
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Myaamia people