Innu-aimun
Innu Aimun
Innu-aimun is an Algic language spoken in Canada, by about 11 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Innu-aimun or Montagnais is an Algonquian language spoken by over 10,000 Innu in Labrador and Quebec in Eastern Canada. It is a member of the Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi dialect continuum and is spoken in various dialects, depending on the community.
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Words in Innu-aimun
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| water | nipi | |
| dog | atimᵘ | |
| cat | minush | |
| fish | namesh | |
| bird | pineshish | |
| pig | kukush | |
| one | peikᵘ | |
| two | nishᵘ | |
| three | nishtᵘ | |
| four | neu | |
| five | patetat | |
| ten | kutunnu | |
| red | kamikuat |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Southern East CreeAlgic48% alike
- Northern East CreeAlgic42% alike
- NaskapiAlgic39% alike
- Moose CreeAlgic32% alike
- AlgonquinAlgic30% alike
- Plains CreeAlgic30% alike
Grammar
- CreeAlgic86% alike
- NipmuckAlgic83% alike
- BolinaoAustronesian83% alike
- Plains CreeAlgic83% alike
- Pichis AshéninkaArawakan83% alike
- OttawaAlgic82% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · mont1268 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · moe