Menominee language
E64165
Algonquian language
Native American language
endangered language
indigenous language of North America
Menominee is an endangered Native American language of the Algonquian family traditionally spoken by the Menominee people of Wisconsin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Menominee language canonical | 7 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Algonquian language
ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ indigenous language of North America ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Menominee people
ⓘ
surface form:
Menomini
Muh-he-con-neok ⓘ
surface form:
Oma͞eqnomenew
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Cree language
ⓘ
Fox language ⓘ Ojibwe ⓘ
surface form:
Ojibwe language
|
| culturalSignificance |
key marker of Menominee identity
ⓘ
vehicle for traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ |
| declineCause |
U.S. assimilation policies
ⓘ
boarding school system ⓘ shift to English ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Menominee people ⓘ |
| hasEducationalUse |
taught in some tribal schools
ⓘ
used in community language programs ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
animacy distinction in nouns
ⓘ
direct–inverse verb system ⓘ noun incorporation ⓘ obviative marking ⓘ person hierarchy in verb agreement ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch |
descriptive grammars
ⓘ
phonological studies ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType |
agglutinative
ⓘ
polysynthetic ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich system of consonant clusters ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEffort |
community-based immersion programs
ⓘ
documentation and dictionary projects ⓘ language classes on Menominee Reservation ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder |
flexible word order
ⓘ
tends toward verb-initial order ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | once widely spoken in Menominee territory ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | mez ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Algonquian languages ⓘ |
| languageOf |
Menominee oral literature
ⓘ
traditional Menominee ceremonies ⓘ |
| region |
Menominee Indian Reservation
ⓘ
northeastern Wisconsin ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Wisconsin ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Algic languages ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.