Big Horn dialect
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The Big Horn dialect is a regional variety of the Stoney Nakoda (Siouan) language traditionally spoken by Indigenous communities in the Big Horn region of the Canadian Rockies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Big Horn dialect canonical | 1 |
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
regional variety of a language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Alexis dialect of Stoney Nakoda
ⓘ
Morley dialect of Stoney Nakoda ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| culturallyAssociatedWith |
Stoney Nakoda spiritual practices
ⓘ
oral histories of the Big Horn region ⓘ traditional place names in the Canadian Rockies ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Stoney Nakoda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAncestor | Proto-Siouan language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
person marking on verbs
ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ use of postpositions rather than prepositions ⓘ verb-centered grammar ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrast between oral and nasal vowels
ⓘ
rich system of consonant clusters ⓘ |
| indigenousTo | Western Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Dakotan branch ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Siouan languages ⓘ |
| partOf | Stoney Nakoda dialect continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Rocky Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Indigenous communities of the Big Horn region
ⓘ
Stoney Nakoda people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Alberta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Big Horn region ⓘ Canadian Rockies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Stoney Nakoda language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
language revitalization efforts
ⓘ
linguistic documentation projects ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
everyday communication (historically) ⓘ 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.