Naskapi language
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Naskapi (also known as ᐃᔪᐤ ᐃᔨᒧᐅᓐ/Iyuw Iyimuun in the Naskapi language) is an Algonquian language spoken by the Naskapi in Quebec and Labrador, Canada.[3] It is written in Eastern Cree syllabics.
Naskapi | |
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ᓇᔅᑲᐱ naskapi, ᐃᔪᐤ ᐃᔨᒧᐅᓐ iyuw iyimuun | |
Native to | Canada |
Region | St'aschinuw (Quebec, Labrador) |
Ethnicity | Naskapi |
Native speakers | 1,230 (2016 census)[1] |
Algic
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Eastern Cree syllabics | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nsk |
Glottolog | nask1242 |
Linguasphere | 62-ADA-ba |
Naskapi is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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People | Naskapi Iyuw ᓇᔅᑲᐱ ᐃᔪᐤ |
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Language | Naskapi Iyuw Iyimuun ᓇᔅᑲᐱ ᐃᔪᐤ ᐃᔨᒧᐅᓐ |
Country | St'aschinuw ᒋᑦ ᐊᔅᒋᓄᐤ |
The term Naskapi is chiefly used to refer to the language of the people living in the interior of Quebec and Labrador in or around Kawawachikamach, Quebec. Naskapi is a "y-dialect" that has many linguistic features in common with the Northern dialect of East Cree, and also shares many lexical items with the Innu language.
Although there is a much closer linguistic and cultural relationship between Naskapi and Innu than between Naskapi and other Cree language communities, Naskapi remains unique and distinct from all other language varieties in the Quebec-Labrador peninsula.