Fox language
E59069
Fox language is a Native American Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Meskwaki (Fox), Sauk, and Kickapoo peoples of the central United States.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Algonquian language
ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Kickapoo
ⓘ
surface form:
Kickapoo-Fox (in some classifications)
Meskwaki language ⓘ Meskwaki language ⓘ
surface form:
Mesquakie language
Sac and Fox language ⓘ Sauk language ⓘ Meskwaki language ⓘ
surface form:
Sauk-Fox language
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Kickapoo language
ⓘ
Potawatomi language ⓘ Shawnee language ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| ethnologueName | Sauk ⓘ |
| glottocode | sauk1251 ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Kickapoo dialect (closely related)
ⓘ
Meskwaki dialect ⓘ Sauk language ⓘ
surface form:
Sauk dialect
|
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory typical of Algonquian languages ⓘ |
| hasResource | Meskwaki language documentation and dictionaries ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | sac ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Algic ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Algonquian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Algonquian
|
| morphology |
animacy distinction
ⓘ
obviation system ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| revitalization |
community language classes
ⓘ
documentation projects ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Fox people
ⓘ
Kickapoo people ⓘ Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ
surface form:
Meskwaki people
Sac people ⓘ Sauk people ⓘ |
| status | severely endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Algonquian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Algonquian
|
| traditionalRegion |
Illinois
ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ Wisconsin ⓘ central United States ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
head-marking
ⓘ
polysynthetic ⓘ verb-final tendency ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Meskwaki Settlement, Iowa
ⓘ
surface form:
Meskwaki Nation in Iowa
|
| usedIn |
oral storytelling
ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
Meskwaki syllabary (historical/limited use) ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Meskwaki