Siksiká dialect
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The Siksiká dialect is a variety of the Blackfoot language traditionally spoken by the Siksiká (Blackfoot) people of the northern Great Plains in Canada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Siksiká dialect canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
variety of the Blackfoot language ⓘ |
| associatedTribe | Siksiká Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Blackfoot Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
First Nations languages
ⓘ
Indigenous languages of Canada ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Kainai dialect
ⓘ
Piikani dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
ceremonial language
ⓘ
identity marker for Siksiká people ⓘ oral tradition medium ⓘ |
| dialectOf | Blackfoot language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Siksiká NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologCode | blac1238 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Blackfoot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Siksika Blackfoot
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Siksika dialect ⓘ |
| hasStandardization | community-developed orthographic conventions ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | northern Plains ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | bla ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Algonquian languages ⓘ |
| lexicalSimilarityWith | other Blackfoot dialects ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | polysynthetic ⓘ |
| partOf | Blackfoot language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory typical of Blackfoot ⓘ |
| region | Alberta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationEfforts |
community-based language programs
ⓘ
documentation projects ⓘ school-based language instruction ⓘ |
| script | Latin script ⓘ |
| sharesISOCodeWith | other Blackfoot dialects ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Blackfoot people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Siksiká people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | endangered language variety ⓘ |
| subfamily | Plains Algonquian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| syntacticType | head-marking ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion | northern Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Siksiká community life
ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| wordOrder | flexible word order ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Blackfoot orthography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.