Gros Ventre language

E65249

Algonquian language Native American language endangered language

Gros Ventre is an endangered Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Gros Ventre (Aaniiih) people of north-central Montana in the United States.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Algonquian language → Native American language → endangered language →
alternativeName	Aaniiih language → Atsina language → A’aninin language →
branch	Arapahoan branch of Algonquian →
closelyRelatedTo	Arapaho language →
country	United States →
culturalRole	marker of Aaniiih identity → vehicle of traditional knowledge →
endangermentCause	English language shift → boarding school policies → intergenerational transmission decline →
ethnicity	Gros Ventre (Aaniiih) people →
hasGrammaticalFeature	direct–inverse system → number marking on verbs → person marking on verbs →
hasLinguisticTypology	head-marking language → polysynthetic language → verb-heavy morphology →
hasResourceType	audio recordings → dictionary → grammar description →
historicalContact	Plains Algonquian languages →
ISO639-3	ats →
languageFamily	Algonquian languages →
linguisticArea	Plains linguistic area →
morphologicalFeature	animacy distinction → complex verb inflection → obviation system →
phonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length → rich consonant inventory →
region	north-central Montana →
revitalizationEffort	community language programs → documentation projects → language classes at Fort Belknap →
spokenBy	Aaniiih people → Gros Ventre people →
status	severely endangered →
subfamilyOf	Algic languages →
syntacticFeature	flexible word order →
traditionalRegion	Fort Belknap Indian Reservation → Milk River region →
UNESCOStatus	severely endangered →
usedIn	oral storytelling → songs → traditional ceremonies →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arapaho language →	closelyRelatedTo
Algonquian languages →	includesLanguage