Nakoda language
E949901
The Nakoda language is an Indigenous Siouan language of the Stoney Nakoda people of the Canadian Plains, closely related to other Dakota and Nakota dialects.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nakoda language canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
First Nations language
ⓘ
Indigenous language of North America ⓘ Siouan language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Stoney Nakoda language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stoney language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
key marker of Stoney Nakoda identity
ⓘ
vehicle for traditional knowledge ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Stoney Nakoda people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Siouan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects | varieties spoken in different Stoney Nakoda communities ⓘ |
| hasGrammarFeature |
animacy distinctions
ⓘ
person marking on verbs ⓘ rich system of verbal affixes ⓘ verb-centered morphology ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
English
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
French NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonology |
contrastive nasal vowels
ⓘ
series of oral stops ⓘ |
| hasSpeakers |
adult speakers
ⓘ
elder speakers ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder |
flexible word order
ⓘ
tends toward SOV or SVO ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | sto ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Western Siouan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology |
head-marking language
ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| partOf | Siouan–Catawban language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Canadian Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Assiniboine language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dakota language NERFINISHED ⓘ Nakota dialects ⓘ Stoney language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationEfforts |
community language programs
ⓘ
language documentation projects ⓘ school-based instruction ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Alberta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Saskatchewan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statusInCanada | Indigenous minority language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Dakota–Lakota–Nakota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Stoney Nakoda communities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.