Métis French, along with Michif and Bungi

Bungi

Bungi may refer to:* Bungi creole, a 19th century western Canadian creole English spoken in the Red River Colony* Bunji, Pakistan, a town in the northern area of Pakistan...

, is one of the traditional languages of the Métis people

Métis people (Canada)

The Métis are one of the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who trace their descent to mixed First Nations parentage. The term was historically a catch-all describing the offspring of any such union, but within generations the culture syncretised into what is today a distinct aboriginal group, with...

, and the French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

-dialect source of Michif.

Michif

They share a common phonology

Phonology

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 and morphosyntax for the noun phrase

Noun phrase

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 but differ as to their sources for the verb phrase

Verb phrase

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 which is Ojibwe

Ojibwe language

Ojibwe , also called Anishinaabemowin, is an indigenous language of the Algonquian language family. Ojibwe is characterized by a series of dialects that have local names and frequently local writing systems...

-Cree

Cree language

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 based in Michif, French

Canadian French

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-based in Métis French. Like Michif, Métis French is spoken in Manitoba and North Dakota and adjacent provinces or states. As a general rule, Métis individuals speak one or the other, rarely both.

Métis French is a variety of Canadian French

Canadian French

Canadian French is an umbrella term referring to the varieties of French spoken in Canada. French is the mother tongue of nearly seven million Canadians, a figure constituting roughly 22% of the national population. At the federal level it has co-official status alongside English...

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See also

• Métis people (Canada)
  Métis people (Canada)
  The Métis are one of the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who trace their descent to mixed First Nations parentage. The term was historically a catch-all describing the offspring of any such union, but within generations the culture syncretised into what is today a distinct aboriginal group, with...
  
  
• Michif
• Bungi
  Bungi
  Bungi may refer to:* Bungi creole, a 19th century western Canadian creole English spoken in the Red River Colony* Bunji, Pakistan, a town in the northern area of Pakistan...