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WOLASTOQIYIK [1 record]

Record 1 2024-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
DEF

An Indigenous language of the Eastern Algonquian language family.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
  • Arts et culture autochtones
DEF

Langue autochtone appartenant à la famille linguistique algonquienne de l'Est.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicolingüística, sociolingüística y etnolingüística
  • Artes y cultura indígenas
CONT

En la actualidad, se siguen hablando nueve idiomas indígenas en Quebec: el Inuktitut (de la familia esquimo-aleutiano), el mohawk (familia iroquesa), el abenakis del oeste, el algonquino, el atikamek, el cri, el micmac, el montañés y el naskapi (familia algonquina). [...] Las últimas personas que hablaban todavía el hurón (wendat) murieron a comienzos del siglo XX y el malecita ya no se habla en Quebec.

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