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)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meskwaki language canonical | 14 |
| Mesquakie language | 3 |
| Meskwaki dialect | 1 |
| Meskwaki phonology | 1 |
| Meskwaki-Fox language | 1 |
| Sauk-Fox language | 1 |
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
|
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mesquakie language
this entity surface form:
Sauk-Fox language
this entity surface form:
Mesquakie language
this entity surface form:
Meskwaki dialect
subject surface form:
Poweshiek
subject surface form:
Meskwaki syllabary
subject surface form:
Meskwaki syllabary
this entity surface form:
Meskwaki phonology
this entity surface form:
Meskwaki-Fox language
this entity surface form:
Mesquakie language