Neshnabémwen

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Neshnabémwen is the Indigenous language of the Potawatomi people, belonging to the Algonquian language family and traditionally spoken in the Great Lakes region of North America.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Nee-gon-we-way-we-dun 1
Neshnabemwin 1
Neshnabémwen canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian language
Indigenous language
Native American language
endangered language
alternateName Bodéwadmimwen
linked to: Mebêngôkre

Neshnabemwin
linked to: Neshnabémwen

Potawatomi language
closelyRelatedTo Odawa language
Ojibwe language
linked to: Chippewa language
countryCurrentlySpoken Canada
United States
culturalSignificance central to Potawatomi identity
vehicle for traditional ecological knowledge
ethnicGroup Potawatomi
grammaticalType polysynthetic language
verb-centered language
hasDialects Northern Potawatomi
linked to: Potawatomi

Southern Potawatomi
linked to: Potawatomi
hasLanguageProgramsIn community language classes
tribal schools
hasLanguageResources audio recordings of elders
language learning apps
online dictionaries
hasPhonologicalFeature contrast between long and short vowels
rich consonant system
indigenousTo Great Lakes region
North America
languageFamily Algonquian languages
partOfCulturalHeritageOf Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Forest County Potawatomi
Hannahville Indian Community
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Potawatomi Nation
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
revitalizationStatus undergoing language revitalization
spokenBy Bodéwadmi people
Potawatomi people
linked to: Potawatomi
subfamilyOf Central Algonquian languages
linked to: Central Algonquian
traditionalRegion Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Michigan
Oklahoma
Ontario
Wisconsin
usedIn oral storytelling
traditional ceremonies
traditional songs
writingSystem 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.

Potawatomi language autonym Neshnabémwen
Clyde Bellecourt alsoKnownAs Nee-gon-we-way-we-dun
linked to: Neshnabémwen
Neshnabémwen alternateName Neshnabemwin
linked to: Neshnabémwen