Chiwere language
E320281
The Chiwere language is a nearly extinct Siouan language historically spoken by the Otoe-Missouria and Iowa (Ioway) tribes of the central United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chiwere language canonical | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
ⓘ
Siouan language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Chiwere
ⓘ
Iowa-Otoe-Missouria language ⓘ
surface form:
Otoe-Missouria-Iowa language
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Ho-Chunk language
ⓘ
Kansa language ⓘ Omaha–Ponca language ⓘ
surface form:
Omaha-Ponca language
Osage language ⓘ |
| documentedIn | word lists collected by early American linguists and missionaries ⓘ |
| glottocode | iowa1245 ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
derivational verb morphology
ⓘ
number marking on verbs ⓘ person marking on verbs ⓘ use of postpositions rather than prepositions ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
active–stative alignment (in some analyses)
ⓘ
head-marking ⓘ polysynthetic morphology ⓘ verb-heavy morphology ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticRelation | part of the wider Siouan–Catawban family (in some classifications) ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Iowa dialect
ⓘ
Otoe dialect ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
nasal vowels ⓘ rich consonant system including stops, fricatives, and nasals ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEffort |
community language classes
ⓘ
dictionary compilation ⓘ documentation projects ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | flexible word order ⓘ |
| historicallySpokenBy |
Iowa (Ioway) tribe
ⓘ
surface form:
Iowa tribe
Ioway people ⓘ
surface form:
Ioway tribe
Otoe–Missouria Tribe of Indians ⓘ
surface form:
Otoe-Missouria tribe
|
| historicalRegion |
Iowa
ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ Missouri ⓘ Nebraska ⓘ Central United States ⓘ
surface form:
central United States
|
| ISO639-3Code | iow ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Siouan languages ⓘ |
| region |
Great Plains
ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| status | nearly extinct ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Otoe
ⓘ
surface form:
Missouri River Siouan
|
| typicalBasicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| usedByEthnicGroup |
Iowa people
ⓘ
Missouria ⓘ
surface form:
Missouria people
Otoe people ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.