Swampy Cree dialect

E561671

The Swampy Cree dialect is a regional variety of the Cree language spoken primarily by Swampy Cree communities in northern Manitoba, Ontario, and adjacent areas of Canada.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian language variety ⓘ
Cree dialect ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Plains Cree ⓘ
Woods Cree ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
ethnicity Swampy Cree ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Swampy Cree ⓘ
Western Swampy Cree (for western varieties) ⓘ
linked to: Swampy Cree dialect
hasDialect Eastern Swampy Cree ⓘ
linked to: Swampy Cree

Southern Swampy Cree ⓘ
linked to: Swampy Cree

Western Swampy Cree ⓘ
linked to: Swampy Cree
hasGrammaticalFeature animacy distinction ⓘ
complex verb morphology ⓘ
direct–inverse verb system ⓘ
obviative marking ⓘ
person hierarchy in verb agreement ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant length contrast ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
hasRevitalizationEffort adult language classes ⓘ
community-based language programs ⓘ
school-based Cree language instruction ⓘ
isDialectOf Plains Cree–Swampy Cree continuum ⓘ
linked to: Plains Cree
ISO639-3 csw ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
morphologyType agglutinative ⓘ
polysynthetic ⓘ
partOf Cree language ⓘ
recognizedBy linguists as a distinct Cree dialect ⓘ
region adjacent areas of Canada ⓘ
northern Manitoba ⓘ
northern Ontario ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ontario
script Canadian Aboriginal syllabics ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
sharesFeatureWith Plains Cree dialect ⓘ
linked to: Plains Cree

Woods Cree dialect ⓘ
spokenBy Swampy Cree people ⓘ
linked to: Swampy Cree
spokenInCommunity Moose Cree First Nation ⓘ
Norway House Cree Nation ⓘ
York Factory First Nation ⓘ
spokenInProvince Manitoba ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
status Indigenous language variety in Canada ⓘ
subfamily Central Algonquian languages ⓘ
linked to: Central Algonquian
typicalWordOrder SOV ⓘ
SVO ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial contexts ⓘ
everyday communication in Swampy Cree communities ⓘ
traditional stories ⓘ
wordOrder flexible ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Swampy Cree → language → Swampy Cree dialect ⓘ
Moose Cree → language → Moose Cree dialect ⓘ
linked to: Swampy Cree dialect
Central Algonquian → hasMember → Swampy Cree language ⓘ
linked to: Swampy Cree dialect
Woods Cree dialect → closelyRelatedTo → Swampy Cree dialect ⓘ
Maskēkowak → hasLanguage → Swampy Cree language ⓘ
linked to: Swampy Cree dialect
Swampy Cree dialect → hasAlternativeName → Western Swampy Cree (for western varieties) ⓘ
linked to: Swampy Cree dialect