Métis French

E942806

Métis French is a distinct French-lexified variety traditionally spoken by Métis communities in Canada, closely associated with the Michif language and Métis cultural identity.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Métis French canonical 2
Métis French-Cree 2
Canadian French 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French-lexified contact variety ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ
heritage language ⓘ
minority language ⓘ
variety of French ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Métis cultural practices ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Métis ⓘ
associatedWithLanguage Michif ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Red River Métis communities ⓘ
linked to: Métis Homeland
closelyRelatedTo Michif French component ⓘ
derivedFrom Canadian French ⓘ
French of the fur trade era ⓘ
documentedBy linguists studying Michif and Métis languages ⓘ
hasAlternativeName French Métis ⓘ
linked to: Métis French

Métis French dialect ⓘ
Métis French variety ⓘ
hasCulturalRole heritage language of Métis communities ⓘ
marker of Métis identity ⓘ
hasEndangermentCause language shift to English ⓘ
language shift to Standard French ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Indo-European languages ⓘ
Romance languages ⓘ
hasLexicalFeature loanwords from Cree and other Indigenous languages ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature features distinct from Standard Canadian French ⓘ
hasSubfamily Gallo-Romance languages ⓘ
Oïl languages ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature structures influenced by contact with Indigenous languages ⓘ
historicallyUsedIn Red River region ⓘ
linked to: Red River Basin

fur trade communities ⓘ
influencedBy Cree ⓘ
English ⓘ
Indigenous languages of the Prairies ⓘ
Ojibwe ⓘ
lexifierLanguage French ⓘ
spokenBy Métis people ⓘ
linked to: Métis
spokenIn Alberta ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Manitoba ⓘ
Prairie Provinces of Canada ⓘ
linked to: Western Canada

Saskatchewan ⓘ
status declining number of speakers ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ
subjectOf language revitalization efforts in some Métis communities ⓘ
usedAlongside English ⓘ
Michif ⓘ
Standard Canadian French ⓘ
linked to: Canadian French
usedInDomain community gatherings ⓘ
family communication ⓘ
traditional storytelling ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Michif → hasComponentLanguage → Canadian French ⓘ
linked to: Métis French
Michif → hasComponentLanguage → Métis French ⓘ
Michif → hasAlternateName → Métis French-Cree ⓘ
linked to: Métis French
Francophone Canada → includesLanguageVariety → Metis French ⓘ
linked to: Métis French
Métis French → hasAlternativeName → French Métis ⓘ
linked to: Métis French
Road Allowance Métis → language → Métis French ⓘ
crg → hasAlternateName → Métis Cree-French ⓘ
linked to: Métis French
crg → hasAlternateName → Métis French-Cree ⓘ
linked to: Métis French