Aaniiih language

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The Aaniiih language is an Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Aaniiih (Gros Ventre) people of the northern Plains in the United States and is currently endangered.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Aaniiih language canonical 2
A’aninin language 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian language
Native American language
endangered language
alternateName A’aninin
surface form: Aaniiih

A’aninin
Gros Ventre language
associatedWithReservation Fort Belknap Indian Reservation
belongsToBranch Plains Algonquian
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance key marker of Aaniiih identity
vehicle for traditional knowledge
endangermentStatus severely endangered
ethnicGroup Aaniiih people
Gros Ventre people
hasDomain kinship terminology
spiritual concepts
traditional ecological knowledge
hasEducationalProgram community-based language programs
language classes in local schools
hasLexicalBorrowingFrom English
French
neighboring Plains languages
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
rich consonant inventory
hasType head-marking language
polysynthetic language
historicalRegion Great Plains
surface form: Northern Great Plains
ISO639-3Code ats
languageFamily Algonquian languages
linguisticTypology head-marking
morphologicalType polysynthetic
region Great Plains
surface form: Northern Plains
revitalizationStatus undergoing revitalization
script Latin alphabet
spokenBy small number of fluent elders
spokenIn Montana
status endangered
subfamilyOf Algic languages
threatenedBy language shift to English
traditionalTerritory Montana
usedBy Aaniiih community
usedFor ceremonial purposes
cultural practices
oral tradition
wordOrder flexible word order
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (3)

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

Gros Ventre language alternativeName Aaniiih language
Gros Ventre language alternativeName Aaniiih language
this entity surface form: A’aninin language
Aaniiih people nativeNameLanguage Aaniiih language