Ininīmowin

E282878

Ininīmowin is the autonym used by Cree speakers to refer to their own language.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ininīmowin canonical 2
Anishininimowin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian language
Cree language variety
language
autonymFor Cree language
closelyRelatedTo Innu-aimun
Naskapi
hasDialect Moose Cree
Northern East Cree
Plains Cree
Southern East Cree
Swampy Cree
Woods Cree
hasEndonym Ininīmowin
hasExonym Cree
hasGrammaticalFeature animacy distinction
complex verb morphology
direct–inverse system
obviative marking
person hierarchy
hasMorphologyType agglutinative language
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant length contrast
vowel length contrast
hasTypology head-marking language
polysynthetic language
isIndigenousLanguageOf Canada
isMinorityLanguageIn Canada
isRecognizedAs Indigenous language under Canadian law
isSubjectOf language revitalization efforts
languageFamily Algonquian languages
partOf Cree dialect continuum
linked to: Cree language
region Plains region of Canada
Subarctic North America
linked to: Subarctic region
spokenByEthnicGroup Cree
spokenIn Alberta
Canada
Manitoba
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Ontario
Prairie provinces of Canada
linked to: Plains of Canada

Quebec
linked to: Quebec, Canada

Saskatchewan
subfamilyOf Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi
usedBy Cree people
linked to: Cree peoples

Cree speakers
wordOrder flexible word order
writingSystem Canadian Aboriginal syllabics
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Cree language hasEndonym Ininīmowin
Oji-Cree hasAlternativeName Anishininimowin
linked to: Ininīmowin
Ininīmowin hasEndonym Ininīmowin