Miami-Illinois

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Miami-Illinois is an Algonquian Native American language historically spoken in parts of the Midwest, particularly by the Miami and Illinois (Illiniwek) peoples.

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Miami-Illinois canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian language
Native American language
closelyRelatedTo Kickapoo language
Meskwaki language
Shawnee language
documentedIn French missionary grammars
Kaskaskia manuscripts
endonym Mvskoke-Illinois
Myaamia
glottocode miam1252
hasAncestor Proto-Algonquian
hasDialect Illinois
Kaskaskia
Miami
Peoria
Piankashaw
Wea
hasFeature animacy-based grammar
noun incorporation
obviative marking
person hierarchy
rich verb morphology
historicalContactLanguageWith English language
French language
historicalRegion Illinois
Indiana
Midwestern United States
Missouri River valley
Ohio
Wisconsin
iso639-3 mia
languageFamily Algonquian
morphologicalType agglutinative language
polysynthetic language
primaryWordOrder flexible word order
revitalizationInstitution Myaamia Center at Miami University
revitalizationLedBy Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
spokenBy Illiniwek
Illinois people
Miami people
status formerly dormant language
revival language
subgroupOf Central Algonquian languages
linked to: Central Algonquian
usedFor ceremonial speech
community education
traditional stories
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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

Myaamia Center languageOfFocus Miami-Illinois
Myaamia alsoKnownAs Miami-Illinois
Tippecanoe River languageOfName Miami-Illinois