Atikamekw language

Atikamekw Atikamekw
Spoken in:	Canada
Region:	Quebec.
Total speakers:	5,545 [1]
Language family:	Algic  Algonquian   Central    Cree-Montaignais-Naskapi     Atikamekw
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	atj
ISO 639-3:	atj
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The Atikamekw language (also known as Attikamek, Tête de Boule, Attimewk, Atihkamekw, Atikamek) is an Algonquian language, and is a dialect of the Cree language complex. It is spoken in southwestern Quebec by nearly all the Atikamekw. It is notable for being the only modern Cree dialect to still retain the /r/ sound which has become /n/, /y/, /l/ or /ð/ in all other Cree-Montagnais dialects. The dialect is also notable for having numerous borrowings from Ojibwe.

Contents 1 Classification 2 Phonology 2.1 Consonants 2.2 Vowels 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links

Classification

Atikamekw is an Algonquian language, of the Algic family of languages, and is descended from Proto-Algonquian. It is part of the Cree dialect continuum, along with Montaignais and Naskapi.

Phonology

Consonants

The consonants of Atikamekw in the standard orthography are listed below (with IPA notation in brackets):

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Post- alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m  /m/	n  /n/
Stop	p  /p/	t  /t/	tc  /tʃ/	k  /k/
Fricative		s  /s/	c  /ʃ/		h  /h/
Tap		r  /r/
Approximant				w  /w/

Vowels

Front Back long short long short Close î /iː/ i /i/ Mid ê /eː/ e /e/ ô /oː/ o /o/ Open â /aː/ a /a/ Notes ^ Statistics Canada 2006 References Béland, Jean-Pierre. 1978. Atikamekw Morphology & Lexicon. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Berkeley. External links Atikamekw orthography and phonology Native Languages page for Atikamekw Ethnologue entry for Atikamekw This Indigenous languages of the Americas-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e Languages of Quebec French (official language) English · Algonquin · Atikamekw · Abenaki · Cree · Malecite-Passamaquoddy · Míkmaq · Mohawk · Innu-aimun · Inuktitut

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