Bungi

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Bungi is a dialect of English historically spoken in parts of Canada, influenced by Indigenous and European languages.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf contact language
dialect
variety of English
associatedWith Hudson’s Bay Company NERFINISHED
fur trade era
culturalAssociation Métis culture
Red River Colony NERFINISHED
declineCausedBy anglicization policies
shift to Standard English
developedFrom contact between European traders and Indigenous peoples
documentedIn linguistic fieldwork in Manitoba
endangermentFactor intergenerational transmission largely broken
grammarInfluencedBy Algonquian languages NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Bungee NERFINISHED
Bungi English NERFINISHED
Red River English NERFINISHED
hasEthnonymOrigin term associated with Red River Métis communities
hasPhonologicalFeatures Scots-influenced pronunciation
hasSociolinguisticStatus heritage language
historicallySpokenBy Red River Métis NERFINISHED
influencedBy Cree NERFINISHED
English NERFINISHED
French
Ojibwe NERFINISHED
Orkney Scots NERFINISHED
Scots English NERFINISHED
Scottish Gaelic NERFINISHED
languageBranch Germanic languages
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages
lexiconIncludes loanwords from Cree
loanwords from Ojibwe
loanwords from Scots
region Prairie Provinces NERFINISHED
relatedTo Canadian English NERFINISHED
Scots English dialects
spokenBy small number of elderly speakers
spokenIn Canada
Manitoba NERFINISHED
Red River region NERFINISHED
status endangered
moribund
subBranch Anglic languages
West Germanic languages
timePeriodOfFlourishing 19th century
usedAs vernacular language of Red River settlements

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