Kainai dialect
E910116
The Kainai dialect is a regional variety of the Blackfoot language traditionally spoken by the Kainai (Blood) people of the Blackfoot Confederacy in Alberta, Canada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kainai dialect canonical | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
variety of the Blackfoot language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Blood Blackfoot
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kainai Blackfoot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithReserve | Kainai Nation reserve in Alberta GENERATED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Aamsskáápipikani (Southern Piegan) dialect
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Piikani dialect ⓘ Siksika dialect ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| culturalRole | key marker of Kainai identity ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Kainai Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects | none (dialect of Blackfoot rather than having its own dialects) ⓘ |
| ISO639_3 | bla ⓘ |
| languageEndangermentFactors |
residential school legacy
ⓘ
shift to English ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Algonquian languages ⓘ |
| languageOf | Kainai Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | polysynthetic ⓘ |
| partOf | Blackfoot Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfOralTradition | Kainai stories and songs ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature | contrastive vowel length (as in Blackfoot) ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageOf | some Kainai elders ⓘ |
| region | southern Alberta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationEfforts |
community-based language programs
ⓘ
documentation and recording projects ⓘ school-based language instruction ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Alberta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ |
| status | endangered ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Blackfoot language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Plains Algonquian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalSpeakers |
Blood people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kainai people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial purposes
ⓘ
cultural transmission ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| wordOrder | relatively free word order ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.