Cree, Southern East

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A language of Canada

ISO 639-3
crj
Alternate Names
Cri du Sud-Est, Eastern James Bay Cree Southern Dialect, James Bay Cree Southern Dialect
Autonym
ᐄᓅ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ‎ (Īnū Ayimūn)
User Population

45 (2016 census).

Location

Quebec, southeastward from James Bay, inland to the watershed east of Lake Mistissini. Coastal communities of Waskaganish, some in Eastmain. Inland, in Mistissini, Waswanipi, Nemaska, Ouje-Bougoumo.

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Language Status

8a (Moribund). Language of recognized indigenous peoples: Cree Nation of Mistissini, Cree Nation of Nemaska, Eastmain, Oujé-Bougoumou Cree, The Crees of the Waskaganish.

Classification
Algic, Algonquian, Cree-Montagnais
Dialects

Palatalized y-dialect within Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi language complex or dialect subgroup. Sometimes classified as Montagnais. A member of macrolanguage Cree [cre].

Language Use

Most shifted to English [eng]. Some shifted to French [fra]. Used as L2 by Algonquin [alq].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 15%–20%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%. Taught in primary and secondary schools in early grades and as subject thereafter. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2001.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Cree, Southern East
Writing

Latin script [Latn]. Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script [Cans], uses eastern finals.