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Atikamekw  

Definition

  • Atikamekw (endonym: Atikamekw Nehiromowin, literally ‘Atikamekw native language’) is the language of the Atikamekw people of southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is spoken by nearly all the Atikamekw, and therefore it is among the indigenous languages least threatened with extinction, according to some studies. Atikamekw is a language belonging to the Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi linguistic continuum, which is part of the Central branch of the Algonquian languages of the Algic family of languages. It is sometimes classified as a dialect of Cree.

Entry terms

  • Nehirowimowin

Identifier

  • ATJ

Notation

  • atj

URI

http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ATJ

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