Innu-aimun

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Innu-aimun is an Algonquian Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Innu people of northeastern Quebec and Labrador in Canada.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Innu-aimun canonical 9
Eastern Innu 1
Innu 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian language
Indigenous language of North America
alternateName Innu NERFINISHED
Montagnais NERFINISHED
Montagnais Innu NERFINISHED
Montagnais-Naskapi (broad sense) NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Cree language NERFINISHED
Naskapi language NERFINISHED
country Canada
culturalRole key marker of Innu identity
vehicle for transmission of traditional ecological knowledge
ethnicGroup Innu people NERFINISHED
hasDialect Mamit Innu dialects NERFINISHED
Mushuau dialect (often treated as Naskapi)
Sheshatshiu dialect NERFINISHED
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verb inflection
polysynthetic morphology
hasOrganizationSupport Innu Language Project NERFINISHED
Innu-aimun Language Commission (regional initiatives) NERFINISHED
Institut Tshakapesh NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeature rich consonant inventory typical of Algonquian languages
hasResourceType Bible translations
bilingual dictionaries
literacy materials for schools
orthography guides
pedagogical grammars
hasSyntacticFeature relatively free word order
historicalStatus traditionally spoken across much of the Labrador–Quebec peninsula
languageCodeISO639-2 moe
languageCodeISO639-3 moe
languageFamily Algonquian NERFINISHED
linguisticTypology head-marking language
verb-centered morphology
macroFamily Algic NERFINISHED
region Eastern Canadian Subarctic NERFINISHED
Northeastern North America NERFINISHED
spokenIn Canada
Labrador NERFINISHED
Quebec NERFINISHED
eastern Labrador NERFINISHED
northeastern Quebec
status endangered language
subfamilyOf Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi NERFINISHED
usedFor ceremonial practices
community radio broadcasting
local education in Innu communities
traditional oral storytelling
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pessamit officialLanguage Innu-aimun
Nutashkuan indigenousLanguage Innu-aimun
Unamen Shipu officialLanguage Innu-aimun
Naskapi language Innu-aimun
Innu Nation primaryLanguage Innu-aimun
Sheshatshiu hasEducationLanguage Innu-aimun
Algic includesLanguage Innu-aimun
this entity surface form: Innu
Ininīmowin closelyRelatedTo Innu-aimun
Iyuw Iyimuun closelyRelatedTo Innu-aimun
Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi language complex hasPart Innu-aimun
this entity surface form: Eastern Innu