Piikani dialect
E910117
The Piikani dialect is a regional variety of the Blackfoot language traditionally spoken by the Piikani (Peigan) people of the Blackfoot Confederacy in parts of Alberta and Montana.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Piikani dialect canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
variety of the Blackfoot language ⓘ |
| associatedEthnicity |
Blackfeet Nation (Piegan) in Montana
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ⓘ
Piikani Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Kainai (Blood) dialect of Blackfoot
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ⓘ
Siksika dialect of Blackfoot ⓘ |
| culturallySignificantFor | Blackfoot Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| grammaticalAlignment | direct–inverse system ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Peigan dialect
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ⓘ
Piikani variety of Blackfoot ⓘ |
| hasDominantWordOrder | verb-initial tendencies ⓘ |
| hasLanguageCode | no distinct ISO 639-3 code (covered by Blackfoot code "bla") ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticClassification |
First Nations language in Canada
ⓘ
Indigenous language of North America ⓘ Native American language in the United States ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType |
agglutinative
ⓘ
polysynthetic ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory typical of Blackfoot ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | relatively free word order ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Northern Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Algonquian languages ⓘ |
| memberOf | Blackfoot Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Blackfoot language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
northern Montana
ⓘ
southern Alberta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationEfforts |
community language programs in Piikani Nation
ⓘ
language classes in Blackfeet Nation schools ⓘ |
| sharesMutualIntelligibilityWith |
Aamsskáápipikani (Southern Piegan) dialect
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ⓘ
Kainai dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Siksika dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Peigan people
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ⓘ
Piikani people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Alberta
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ⓘ
Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | endangered ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Plains Algonquian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teachingContext |
adult education programs
ⓘ
community language nests ⓘ tribal schools ⓘ |
| traditionalUse |
intertribal diplomacy within Blackfoot Confederacy
ⓘ
song and ritual ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
cultural transmission ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.