Michif

mixed language based on Cree and French spoken by the Métis people of North America
Language language Q13315
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Michif

Summary

Michif is a language[1]. Michif ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (446 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Michif is in the country of United States[3].
  • Michif is in the country of Canada[4].
  • Michif's instance of is recorded as language[5].
  • Michif's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
  • Michif is a type of mixed language[7].
  • Michif's writing system is recorded as Latin script[8].
  • Michif's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Michif[9].
  • Michif's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+730'}[10].
  • Michif's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Michif'}[11].
  • Michif's UNESCO language status is recorded as 5 critically endangered[12].
  • Michif's indigenous to is recorded as North Dakota[13].
  • Michif's indigenous to is recorded as Rupert's Land[14].
  • Michif's indigenous to is recorded as Manitoba[15].
  • Michif's indigenous to is recorded as Saskatchewan[16].
  • Michif's indigenous to is recorded as Ontario[17].
  • Michif's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/CRG[18].
  • Michif's exact match is recorded as https://apics-online.info/contributions/75[19].
  • Michif's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 8b Nearly Extinct[20].

Why It Matters

Michif ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (446 views/month).[2] Michif has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Michif is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Red Book of Endangered Languages. Retrieved . unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Indigenous to North Dakota, Rupert's Land, Manitoba +2
    Number of speakers, writers, or signers {'amount': '+730'}
    Topic's main category Category:Michif
    Ethnologue language status 8b Nearly Extinct
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007531541505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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