Bungi
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Bungi is a dialect of English historically spoken in parts of Canada, influenced by Indigenous and European languages.
Statements (45)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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