Malecite Amis
E574282
Malecite Amis is a dialect of the Eastern Algonquian Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language traditionally spoken by the Maliseet (Wolastoqiyik) people of northeastern North America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Malecite Amis canonical | 1 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Algonquian dialect
ⓘ
dialect ⓘ |
| associatedPeople |
Maliseet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wolastoqiyik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToCulture |
Maliseet culture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wolastoqiyik culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Passamaquoddy language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
marker of Wolastoqiyik identity
ⓘ
vehicle of Maliseet oral tradition ⓘ |
| endonymLanguage | Wolastoqey language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicLanguageOf | Maliseet people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Maritime provinces of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ New Brunswick NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Maliseet dialect
ⓘ
Wolastoqey dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAncestor | Proto-Algonquian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| ISO639Macrolanguage | Maliseet-Passamaquoddy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Algonquian languages ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered language variety ⓘ |
| linguisticType | polysynthetic language variety ⓘ |
| morphologyType | fusional-polysynthetic ⓘ |
| partOf | Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | northeastern North America ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Passamaquoddy dialects ⓘ |
| script | Latin script ⓘ |
| spokenAlong | Saint John River (Wolastoq) region ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Eastern Algonquian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalSpeakers |
Maliseet people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wolastoqiyik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
community life of Maliseet people ⓘ traditional storytelling ⓘ |
| wordOrder | flexible word order ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.