Over 2,000 articles about native americans of the US and Canada First Nations.
Submit your own articles about american indians without knowing any HTML here
Are you ready?
| Privacy Policy |
Any information collected on our site is used for internal purposes only and will not be shared or sold to third parties! |
|
| Your transactions in our store are secure |
 |
|
|  |
| Lang->Cree: East Cree, Southern: native american language of Canada |
Posted on Wednesday, October 12 @ 20:03:20 PDT | |
Region:
Quebec, southeastward from James Bay, inland to the height of land (watershed) east of Lake Mistissini. Coastal communities of Waskaganish, some speakers in Eastmain. Inland, in Mistissini, Waswanipi, Nemaska, and Ouje-Bougoumo.
Alternate names:
James Bay Cree Southern Dialect, Eastern James Bay Cree Southern Dialect
Dialects:
Palatalized y-dialect within Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi language complex or dialect cluster. Sometimes classified as Montagnais.
Classification:
Algic -> Algonquian -> Central -> Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi -> East Cree, Southern
Population:
7,306 (1997 Quebec Ministere de la Sante et des Services Sociaux).
Language use:
Vigorous. All domains. Speakers also use English.
Language development:
Literacy rate in first language: 15% to 20%. Literacy rate in second language: 50%. Language of instruction in lower grades, taught as a subject in upper grades.
|
|
|
|
|
| |
New Navigation
(New Site Design in Progress) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | |
|
| | |
US Tribes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | |
Canadian First Nations |
|
| | |
Shopping |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | |
|
| | |
| Article Rating |
Average Score: 0
Votes: 0
|
|
|
Site Sections
You are an Anonymous user. Anonymous users are not allowed to post stories or leave comments. You can 
Stumble It!
