The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: CRE
ISO 639-2: cre
| Population | 7,306 speakers (1997 Quebec Ministere de la Sante et des Services Sociaux). |
| 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 | INLAND EAST CREE, EAST INLAND CREE, EAST CREE |
| Classification | Algic, Algonquian, Central, Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi. |
| Comments | Language complex or dialect continuum within Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi. Sometimes classified as Montagnais. Palatalized y-dialect. Bilingualism in English. Vigorous. Dictionary. Literacy rate in second language: 75% to 100%. Cree syllabary, eastern finals. Language of instruction in over half the communities, taught as a subject in others. NT in press (1999). |
