Miami-Illinois

E282885

Miami-Illinois is an Algonquian Native American language historically spoken in parts of the Midwest, particularly by the Miami and Illinois (Illiniwek) peoples.

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Miami-Illinois canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian language
Native American language
closelyRelatedTo Kickapoo language
Meskwaki language
Shawnee language
documentedIn French missionary grammars
Kaskaskia manuscripts
endonym Mvskoke-Illinois
Myaamia
glottocode miam1252
hasAncestor Proto-Algonquian language
surface form: Proto-Algonquian
hasDialect Illinois
Kaskaskia
Miami
Peoria
Piankashaw
Wea
hasFeature animacy-based grammar
noun incorporation
obviative marking
person hierarchy
rich verb morphology
historicalContactLanguageWith English language
French language
historicalRegion Illinois
Indiana
Midwestern United States
Missouri River Basin
surface form: Missouri River valley

Ohio
Wisconsin
iso639-3 mia
languageFamily Algonquian languages
surface form: Algonquian
morphologicalType agglutinative language
polysynthetic language
primaryWordOrder flexible word order
revitalizationInstitution Myaamia Center at Miami University (Ohio)
surface form: Myaamia Center at Miami University
revitalizationLedBy Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
spokenBy Illiniwek
Illinois people
Miami people
status formerly dormant language
revival language
subgroupOf Central Algonquian
surface form: Central Algonquian languages
usedFor ceremonial speech
community education
traditional stories
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Myaamia Center languageOfFocus Miami-Illinois
Myaamia alsoKnownAs Miami-Illinois
Tippecanoe River languageOfName Miami-Illinois