Innu-aimun
E689555
Innu-aimun is an Algonquian Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Innu people of northeastern Quebec and Labrador in Canada.
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.
this entity surface form:
Innu
this entity surface form:
Eastern Innu