Swampy Cree dialect

E561671

The Swampy Cree dialect is a regional variety of the Cree language spoken primarily by Swampy Cree communities in northern Manitoba, Ontario, and adjacent areas of Canada.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Moose Cree dialect 1
Swampy Cree dialect canonical 1
Swampy Cree language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian language variety ⓘ
Cree dialect ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Plains Cree NERFINISHED ⓘ
Woods Cree NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
ethnicity Swampy Cree NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Swampy Cree NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Swampy Cree (for western varieties) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDialect Eastern Swampy Cree NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Swampy Cree NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Swampy Cree NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature animacy distinction ⓘ
complex verb morphology ⓘ
direct–inverse verb system ⓘ
obviative marking ⓘ
person hierarchy in verb agreement ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant length contrast ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
hasRevitalizationEffort adult language classes ⓘ
community-based language programs ⓘ
school-based Cree language instruction ⓘ
isDialectOf Plains Cree–Swampy Cree continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ
ISO639-3 csw ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
morphologyType agglutinative ⓘ
polysynthetic ⓘ
partOf Cree language NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedBy linguists as a distinct Cree dialect ⓘ
region adjacent areas of Canada ⓘ
northern Manitoba ⓘ
northern Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
script Canadian Aboriginal syllabics NERFINISHED ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
sharesFeatureWith Plains Cree dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ
Woods Cree dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenBy Swampy Cree people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenInCommunity Moose Cree First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norway House Cree Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
York Factory First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenInProvince Manitoba NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
status Indigenous language variety in Canada ⓘ
subfamily Central Algonquian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
typicalWordOrder SOV ⓘ
SVO ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial contexts ⓘ
everyday communication in Swampy Cree communities ⓘ
traditional stories ⓘ
wordOrder flexible ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Swampy Cree → language → Swampy Cree dialect ⓘ
Moose Cree → language → Swampy Cree dialect ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moose Cree dialect
Central Algonquian → hasMember → Swampy Cree dialect ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swampy Cree language