Gros Ventre language
E65249
Gros Ventre is an endangered Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Gros Ventre (Aaniiih) people of north-central Montana in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gros Ventre language canonical | 7 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Algonquian language
ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Aaniiih language
ⓘ
Atsina language ⓘ Aaniiih language ⓘ
surface form:
A’aninin language
|
| branch | Arapahoan branch of Algonquian ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Arapaho language ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRole |
marker of Aaniiih identity
ⓘ
vehicle of traditional knowledge ⓘ |
| endangermentCause |
English language shift
ⓘ
boarding school policies ⓘ intergenerational transmission decline ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Gros Ventre people
ⓘ
surface form:
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 |
Algonquian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
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 (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.