Meskwaki language

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The Meskwaki language is an Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Meskwaki (Fox) people of the Great Lakes region in North America.

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instanceOf Algonquian language
Native American language
endangered language
hasAlternativeName Fox language
Meskwaki-Fox language
linked to: Meskwaki language

Mesquakie language
linked to: Meskwaki language
hasBasicWordOrder flexible word order
hasDomainOfUse ceremonial contexts
community events
oral storytelling
hasEthnologueCode sac
hasGlottologCode mesk1242
hasGlottologName Meskwaki
linked to: Meskwaki (Fox)
hasGrammaticalFeature animate–inanimate gender system
complex verb morphology
direct–inverse alignment
obviative marking
person hierarchy
hasISO639-3Code sac
hasLanguageFamily Algonquian languages
hasLanguageRevitalizationEffort community-based language classes
documentation projects
immersion programs for children
hasLanguageStatus severely endangered
hasLinguisticAncestor Proto-Algonquian language
hasLinguisticTypology head-marking language
verb-centered morphology
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative language
polysynthetic language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
rich consonant inventory
hasPrimaryCommunity Meskwaki Nation
Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
hasRegionOfOrigin Great Lakes region
hasSpeakerPopulationStatus few hundred speakers
hasTraditionalTerritory Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
isCloselyRelatedTo Kickapoo language
Sauk language
isSpokenBy Fox people
Meskwaki people
linked to: Meskwaki (Fox)
isSpokenIn Great Lakes region
Iowa
Meskwaki Settlement, Iowa
United States
subfamilyOf Central Algonquian languages
linked to: Central Algonquian

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Fox language alternativeName Meskwaki language
Fox language alternativeName Mesquakie language
linked to: Meskwaki language
Fox language alternativeName Sauk-Fox language
linked to: Meskwaki language
Miami-Illinois language closelyRelatedTo Meskwaki language
Kickapoo language closelyRelatedTo Meskwaki language
Fox people traditionalLanguage Meskwaki language
Sac and Fox language alternativeName Mesquakie language
linked to: Meskwaki language
Sac and Fox language hasDialect Meskwaki dialect
linked to: Meskwaki language
Fox primaryLanguage Meskwaki language
Fox Tribe primaryLanguage Meskwaki language
Meskwaki Tribal Council languageCommunity Meskwaki language
Poweshiek nativeLanguage Meskwaki language
Poweshiek nativeLanguage Meskwaki language
subject linked to: Meskwaki leader Poweshiek
Meskwaki syllabary usedFor Meskwaki language
Meskwaki syllabary linguisticTarget Meskwaki phonology
linked to: Meskwaki language
Miami-Illinois closelyRelatedTo Meskwaki language
Meskwaki language hasAlternativeName Meskwaki-Fox language
linked to: Meskwaki language
Meskwaki language hasAlternativeName Mesquakie language
linked to: Meskwaki language
Central Algonquian hasMember Meskwaki language