Atikamekw language

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Algonquian language First Nations language Indigenous language of North America

The Atikamekw language is an Indigenous Algonquian language spoken by the Atikamekw people of Quebec, Canada, and is closely related to Cree and other Central Algonquian languages.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian language →
First Nations language →
Indigenous language of North America →
alternateName Attikamek language →
Tête-de-Boule language →
autonym Atikamekw nehiromowin →
closelyRelatedTo Cree language →
Innu-aimun language →
Montagnais language →
country Canada →
culturalRole core marker of Atikamekw identity →
ethnicity Atikamekw Nation →
family Algonquian languages →
hasEducationalUseIn band-controlled schools →
hasLoanwordsFrom English language →
French language →
hasMediaIn community publications →
local radio programs →
hasOfficialUseIn Atikamekw band councils →
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length →
rich consonant inventory →
hasRevitalizationEffortsBy Atikamekw Nation Council →
hasStandardizationEfforts community-based orthography development →
ISO639-3Code atj →
isPartOf First Nations languages of Canada →
Indigenous languages of Quebec →
languageBranch Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi →
linguisticTypology head-marking language →
polysynthetic language →
macrofamily Algic languages →
morphology agglutinative language →
primaryStatus endangered language →
region Mauricie →
Upper Saint-Maurice River →
spokenBy Atikamekw people →
spokenIn Canada →
Quebec →
subfamily Central Algonquian languages →
usedFor community radio broadcasting →
oral storytelling →
traditional ceremonies →
usedIn Atikamekw communities of Manawan →
Atikamekw communities of Opitciwan →
Atikamekw communities of Wemotaci →
wordOrder flexible word order →
writingSystem Canadian Aboriginal syllabics →
Latin script →
Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Atikamekw language ("Atikamekw nehiromowin") →
autonym
Algonquian languages →
includesLanguage
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