St. Francis Abenaki

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St. Francis Abenaki is a dialect of the Eastern Abenaki language traditionally spoken by the Abenaki people in the region around Odanak, Quebec.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Saint Francis Abenaki 1
St. Francis Abenaki canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Abenaki dialect
dialect
alsoKnownAs Odanak Abenaki
linked to: Abenaki

Saint Francis Abenaki
linked to: St. Francis Abenaki
closelyRelatedTo Penobscot
Western Abenaki
country Canada
ethnicGroup Abenaki people
linked to: Abenaki
hasDialect Odanak variety
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verb inflection
polysynthetic morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature Algonquian consonant system
hasSyntacticFeature flexible word order
historicalUse New France era
ISO639-3 abe
languageBranch Eastern Algonquian languages
languageFamily Algonquian languages
languageStatus endangered language
severely endangered language
partOf Eastern Abenaki language
primaryCommunity Odanak First Nation
regionType riverine communities
revitalizationEffort community language classes in Odanak
documentation by linguists and community members
spokenBy Abenaki people of Odanak
subdivisionOf Abenaki language
traditionalRegion Odanak, Quebec
Saint-François River valley
usedIn Abenaki cultural and ceremonial contexts
traditional Abenaki oral literature
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Eastern Abenaki languages hasMember St. Francis Abenaki
St. Francis Abenaki alsoKnownAs Saint Francis Abenaki
linked to: St. Francis Abenaki