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Michif is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Michif meaning

  1. One of the languages of the Metis people, spoken mainly in Canada. They exist along a continuum with three main types:
  2. A Cree dialect from northern Saskatchewan with some French borrowings.

Using Michif

  • The main meaning on this page is: One of the languages of the Metis people, spoken mainly in Canada. They exist along a continuum with three main types: | A Cree dialect from northern Saskatchewan with some French borrowings. | One of the languages of the Metis people, spoken mainly in Canada. They exist along a continuum with three main types:
  • In the example corpus, michif often appears in combinations such as: in michif, michif the, michif is.

Context around Michif

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

languages 1× reality 1× speak 1×

Often after:

speakers 1× lies 1× though 1×

Sentence patterns with Michif

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

contact languages michif and bungi 1× elements in michif lies in 1× french and michif is growing 1× genesis of michif the mixed 1× in reality michif has cree 1× michif a mixed 1× michif a new 1× michif is most 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a language of 1× as a result 1× contact languages cree 1× however in reality 1× in this variety 1× michif a mixed 1×

Common sentence endings:

and bound elements 1× and french lexicon 1× cree and french 1× french and cree 1× french noun phrases 1× generation of decline 1×

Words around Michif

Just before it in the word index:

michielli 2 michiel 10 michie 27 michibata 2 michiba 2 michi 7

Just after it in the word index:

michigan 4.032 michigander 2 michiganders 13 michika 5 michiko 15 michin 19

Similar in corpus frequency:

aav 21 abdicating 21 abductor 21 abet 21 abh 21 abhorred 21

Corpus analysis for Michif

  • In this selection, "michif" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, languages, reality, speak, speakers, lies and though stand out and add context to how "michif" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include contact languages michif and bungi and elements in michif lies in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "michif" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with michif

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Michif: A new language. (4 words)

Michif: A mixed language based on Cree and French. (9 words)

The effect of language change and death on obviation in Michif. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

As a result, in Michif the grammatical and bound elements are almost all Cree, and the lexical and free elements are almost all French; verbs are almost totally Cree, because the verb consists of grammatical and bound elements. (38 words)

In this variety of Michif, the French elements were pronounced in ways that have distinctively Canadian French values for the vowels, while the Cree elements have distinctively Cree values for vowels. (31 words)

This suggests that instead of haltingly using words from another's tongue, the people who gradually came to speak Michif were fully fluent in both French and Cree. (28 words)

Example sentences (17)

A language of our own: The genesis of Michif, the mixed Cree-French language of the Canadian Métis.

As a result, in Michif the grammatical and bound elements are almost all Cree, and the lexical and free elements are almost all French; verbs are almost totally Cree, because the verb consists of grammatical and bound elements.

But by the year 2000 there were Michif speakers who had collapsed the two systems into a single system (Rosen 2007).

Contact languages Cree is also a component language in two contact languages, Michif and Bungi.

However, in reality, Michif has Cree verb phrases and French noun phrases.

In this variety of Michif, the French elements were pronounced in ways that have distinctively Canadian French values for the vowels, while the Cree elements have distinctively Cree values for vowels.

Michif: A mixed language based on Cree and French.

Michif: A new language.

Advertentie

Michif is most used in the United States, notably in the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation of North Dakota.

Michif is unique to the Canadian prairie provinces as well as to North Dakota and Montana in the United States.

Much of the subsequent research on Michif was also related to UND, including four more pieces by Crawford, plus work by Evans, Rhodes, and Weaver.

The effect of language change and death on obviation in Michif.

The encouragement and use of Métis French and Michif is growing due to outreach after at least a generation of decline.

The explanation for this unusual distribution of Cree and French elements in Michif lies in the polysynthetic nature of Cree morphology.

This process does not occur in Michif, though some remnants of it are evident.

This suggests that instead of haltingly using words from another's tongue, the people who gradually came to speak Michif were fully fluent in both French and Cree.

Thus, the model of language-mixing predicts that Michif should have a Cree grammatical system and French lexicon.

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Common combinations with michif

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "michif" in a sentence?
An example: "A language of our own: The genesis of Michif, the mixed Cree-French language of the Canadian Métis." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "michif" from authentic English texts.
What does "michif" mean?
Michif means: One of the languages of the Metis people, spoken mainly in Canada. They exist along a continuum with three main types:
How many example sentences with "michif" are there?
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