Métis French

E942806

French-lexified contact variety endangered language heritage language minority language variety of French

Métis French is a distinct French-lexified variety traditionally spoken by Métis communities in Canada, closely associated with the Michif language and Métis cultural identity.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Canadian French	1
Métis French canonical	1
Métis French-Cree	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French-lexified contact variety ⓘ endangered language ⓘ heritage language ⓘ minority language ⓘ variety of French ⓘ
associatedWithCulture	Métis cultural practices ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup	Métis NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithLanguage	Michif NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithRegion	Red River Métis communities NERFINISHED ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Michif French component ⓘ
derivedFrom	Canadian French NERFINISHED ⓘ French of the fur trade era ⓘ
documentedBy	linguists studying Michif and Métis languages ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	French Métis NERFINISHED ⓘ Métis French dialect ⓘ Métis French variety ⓘ
hasCulturalRole	heritage language of Métis communities ⓘ marker of Métis identity ⓘ
hasEndangermentCause	language shift to English ⓘ language shift to Standard French ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily	Indo-European languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Romance languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLexicalFeature	loanwords from Cree and other Indigenous languages ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	features distinct from Standard Canadian French ⓘ
hasSubfamily	Gallo-Romance languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Oïl languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature	structures influenced by contact with Indigenous languages ⓘ
historicallyUsedIn	Red River region NERFINISHED ⓘ fur trade communities ⓘ
influencedBy	Cree NERFINISHED ⓘ English NERFINISHED ⓘ Indigenous languages of the Prairies ⓘ Ojibwe NERFINISHED ⓘ
lexifierLanguage	French NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenBy	Métis people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	Alberta NERFINISHED ⓘ Canada ⓘ Manitoba NERFINISHED ⓘ Prairie Provinces of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Saskatchewan NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	declining number of speakers ⓘ severely endangered ⓘ
subjectOf	language revitalization efforts in some Métis communities ⓘ
usedAlongside	English ⓘ Michif ⓘ Standard Canadian French NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInDomain	community gatherings ⓘ family communication ⓘ traditional storytelling ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Michif → hasComponentLanguage → Métis French ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canadian French

Michif → hasComponentLanguage → Métis French ⓘ

Michif → hasAlternateName → Métis French ⓘ

this entity surface form: Métis French-Cree