Cheyenne language
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Cheyenne language is a Native American language of the Algonquian family traditionally spoken by the Cheyenne people of the Great Plains, particularly in Montana and Oklahoma.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Algonquian language
→
Native American language → endangered language → |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Arapaho language
→
Blackfoot language → |
| culturalSignificance |
key marker of Cheyenne identity
→
vehicle for traditional knowledge → |
| documentedBy |
linguists
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| documentedIn |
academic articles
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grammars → |
| ethnicGroup |
Cheyenne people
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|
| family |
Algonquian languages
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|
| glottocode |
chey1247
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| hasFeature |
animacy distinction in nouns
→
complex inflectional system → direct–inverse verb system → obviative marking → pitch accent → polysynthetic morphology → relatively small phoneme inventory → rich verb morphology → vowel devoicing → |
| hasMorphologicalType |
head-marking
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|
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
→
two tone levels → |
| hasResource |
Cheyenne Bible translation
→
Cheyenne dictionaries → Cheyenne language textbooks → |
| hasWordOrder |
flexible word order
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|
| languageCodeISO639-3 |
chy
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|
| languageFamilyBranch |
Central Algonquian (geographically Plains)
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|
| region |
Great Plains
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| revitalizationStatus |
subject of community-based revitalization efforts
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|
| spokenIn |
Montana
→
Oklahoma → United States → |
| status |
threatened
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|
| subfamily |
Plains Algonquian
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|
| taughtAt |
tribal schools in Montana
→
tribal schools in Oklahoma → |
| usedBy |
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes
→
Northern Cheyenne Tribe → |
| usedIn |
language revitalization programs
→
oral storytelling → traditional ceremonies → |
| writingSystem |
Cheyenne orthography
→
Latin script → |
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Arapaho language
→
|
closelyRelatedTo |
|
Algonquian languages
→
|
includesLanguage |
|
Cheyenne
→
|
language |