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Most words of Native American/First Nations language origin are the common names for indigenous flora and fauna, or describe items of Native American or First Nations life and culture. Some few are names applied in honor of Native Americans or First Nations peoples or due to a vague similarity to the original object of the word.
FirstVoices dictionary apps – 17 free and open-source mobile apps which reflect content in FirstVoices language sites. [ 4 ] FirstVoices keyboards – desktop keyboard software and mobile keyboard apps for over 100 languages, including every First Nations language in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and many Indigenous languages spoken in ...
Indigenous English, also known as First Nations English (FNE), refers to varieties of English used by the Indigenous peoples of Canada.These many varieties are a result of the many Indigenous languages present in Canada and reflect the linguistic diversity of the country.
Bungi Creole is an English-based Creole language spoken in Manitoba by the descendants of "English, Scottish, and Orkney fur traders and their Cree or Saulteaux wives ...". [ 76 ] Bungee incorporates elements of Cree; the name may be from the Ojibwe word bangii 'a little bit' or the Cree equivalent, but whether there is any other Ojibwe ...
The University of Maine published a comprehensive Passamaquoddy Dictionary in 2008. Another resource for the language is the online Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Language Portal, which includes many videos, subtitled in English and Passamaquoddy, of native speakers conversing in the language. Most of the people speak English as their first language.
The Saulteaux are a branch of the Ojibwe Nations within Canada.They are sometimes called the Anihšināpē (Anishinaabe). [1] Saulteaux is a French term meaning 'waters ("eaux") - fall ("sault")', and by extension "People of the rapids/water falls", referring to their former location in the area of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, on the St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario) which connects Lake ...
In 2010, the First Peoples’ Heritage, Language and Culture Council considered the language to be "critically endangered" and "nearly extinct", with just 10 fluent speakers. [8] In 2011, the language was being taught using the "Where Are Your Keys?" technique, [9] and a Squamish–English dictionary was also completed in 2011.
The Dakelh (ᑕᗸᒡ) or Carrier language is a Northern Athabaskan language.It is named after the Dakelh people, a First Nations people of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, for whom Carrier has been a common English name derived from French explorers naming of the people.