Potawatomi language

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The Potawatomi language is an Algonquian Indigenous language of the Great Lakes region, traditionally spoken by the Potawatomi people in parts of the United States and Canada.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian language
Indigenous language of North America
endangered language
alignment direct–inverse alignment
autonym Bodéwadmi
surface form: Bodwéwadmimwen

Neshnabémwen
closelyRelatedTo Odawa language
Ojibwe
surface form: Ojibwe language
ethnicGroup Potawatomi people NERFINISHED
family Algonquian languages
surface form: Algonquian
hasConsonantInventory rich consonant system including affricates
hasDialects Forest County Potawatomi Community
surface form: Forest County Potawatomi

Potawatomi
surface form: Northern Potawatomi

Potawatomi
surface form: Southern Potawatomi
hasFeature animacy-based grammar
obviative marking
person hierarchy
rich verb morphology
hasVowelInventory contrast between long and short vowels
ISO639-3 pot
languageCode pot
languageFamilyBranch Ojibwe
surface form: Ojibwe–Potawatomi subgroup
languageOf Potawatomi ceremonies
Potawatomi songs
Potawatomi traditional stories
morphologicalType agglutinative language
polysynthetic language
region Kansas
Kansas City metropolitan area
surface form: Kansas City area

Michigan
Oklahoma
Ontario
Wisconsin
revitalizationEfforts community language classes
immersion programs
online learning resources
spokenIn Canada
United States of America
surface form: United States
status severely endangered
subfamily Central Algonquian
taughtAt some universities in North America
tribal schools
traditionalRegion Great Lakes region
usedBy Walpole Island First Nation
surface form: Potawatomi First Nations in Canada

Potawatomi bands in the United States
wordOrder flexible word order
writingSystem Latin script
syllabic script

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

Algic languages includes Potawatomi language
Hannahville Indian Community languageUsed Potawatomi language
Bodéwadmi primaryLanguage Potawatomi language
Potawatomi traditionalLanguage Potawatomi language