Tête-de-Boule language

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Tête-de-Boule language, more commonly known as Atikamekw, is an Algonquian Indigenous language spoken by the Atikamekw people of Quebec, Canada.

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Tête-de-Boule language canonical 1

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instanceOf Algonquian language
First Nations language
Indigenous language of North America
endangered language
alsoKnownAs Atikamek language
Atikamekw Nehiromowin
linked to: Atikamekw language

Atikamekw language
commonName Atikamekw
country Canada
culturalRole primary language of Atikamekw cultural transmission
used in traditional ceremonies of the Atikamekw people
endonym Atikamekw Nehiromowin
linked to: Atikamekw language
ethnicGroup Atikamekw Nation
linked to: Atikamekw
geneticRelation closely related to Cree
closely related to Innu-aimun
closely related to Naskapi
glottocode atik1240
hasDialect northern Atikamekw
southern Atikamekw
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verb inflection
polysynthetic morphology
hasOfficialRecognition recognized by Atikamekw Nation Council
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
rich consonant inventory typical of Algonquian languages
hasSyntacticFeature relatively free word order
historicalRegion Laurentian forest region of Quebec
ISO639-3Code atj
languageBranch Central Algonquian
languageFamily Algonquian languages
languageStatus relatively vigorous within communities
threatened
lexicalSimilarity high lexical similarity with Cree varieties
region Mauricie
Upper Saint-Maurice River region
spokenBy Atikamekw people
linked to: Atikamekw
spokenIn Canada
Quebec
linked to: Quebec, Canada
subfamily Cree–Innu–Naskapi
Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi
usedIn Atikamekw community education
local media in Atikamekw communities
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Atikamekw language alternateName Tête-de-Boule language