Meskwaki language

E289745

The Meskwaki language is an Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Meskwaki (Fox) people of the Great Lakes region in North America.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian language ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Fox language ⓘ
Meskwaki language ⓘ
surface form: Meskwaki-Fox language

Meskwaki language ⓘ
surface form: Mesquakie language
hasBasicWordOrder flexible word order ⓘ
hasDomainOfUse ceremonial contexts ⓘ
community events ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ
hasEthnologueCode sac ⓘ
hasGlottologCode mesk1242 ⓘ
hasGlottologName Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ
surface form: Meskwaki
hasGrammaticalFeature animate–inanimate gender system ⓘ
complex verb morphology ⓘ
direct–inverse alignment ⓘ
obviative marking ⓘ
person hierarchy ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code sac ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
hasLanguageRevitalizationEffort community-based language classes ⓘ
documentation projects ⓘ
immersion programs for children ⓘ
hasLanguageStatus severely endangered ⓘ
hasLinguisticAncestor Proto-Algonquian language ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology head-marking language ⓘ
verb-centered morphology ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative language ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
hasPrimaryCommunity Meskwaki Nation ⓘ
Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa ⓘ
hasRegionOfOrigin Great Lakes region ⓘ
hasSpeakerPopulationStatus few hundred speakers ⓘ
hasTraditionalTerritory Illinois ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
isCloselyRelatedTo Kickapoo language ⓘ
Sauk language ⓘ
isSpokenBy Fox people ⓘ
Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ
surface form: Meskwaki people
isSpokenIn Great Lakes region ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ
Meskwaki Settlement, Iowa ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
subfamilyOf Central Algonquian ⓘ
surface form: Central Algonquian languages

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

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

Fox language → alternativeName → Meskwaki language ⓘ
Fox language → alternativeName → Meskwaki language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mesquakie language
Fox language → alternativeName → Meskwaki language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sauk-Fox language
Miami-Illinois language → closelyRelatedTo → Meskwaki language ⓘ
Kickapoo language → closelyRelatedTo → Meskwaki language ⓘ
Fox people → traditionalLanguage → Meskwaki language ⓘ
Sac and Fox language → alternativeName → Meskwaki language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mesquakie language
Sac and Fox language → hasDialect → Meskwaki language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meskwaki dialect
Fox → primaryLanguage → Meskwaki language ⓘ
Fox Tribe → primaryLanguage → Meskwaki language ⓘ
Meskwaki Tribal Council → languageCommunity → Meskwaki language ⓘ
Poweshiek → nativeLanguage → Meskwaki language ⓘ
Meskwaki leader Poweshiek → nativeLanguage → Meskwaki language ⓘ
subject surface form: Poweshiek
Meskwaki syllabary (historical/limited use) → usedFor → Meskwaki language ⓘ
subject surface form: Meskwaki syllabary
Meskwaki syllabary (historical/limited use) → linguisticTarget → Meskwaki language ⓘ
subject surface form: Meskwaki syllabary
this entity surface form: Meskwaki phonology
Miami-Illinois → closelyRelatedTo → Meskwaki language ⓘ
Meskwaki language → hasAlternativeName → Meskwaki language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meskwaki-Fox language
Meskwaki language → hasAlternativeName → Meskwaki language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mesquakie language
Central Algonquian → hasMember → Meskwaki language ⓘ