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It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005).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: CRM
ISO 639-2: cre
| Population | 4,500 speakers out of 5,000 population (1982 SIL). All Cree mother tongue speakers in Canada 87,555 (1998 Statistics Canada). |
| Region | Southern tip of James Bay, Moosonee, Ontario. This community and surrounding area (Moose Factory, Ontario). Has speakers of both Moose Cree and Swampy Cree in it. |
| Alternate names | YORK CREE, WEST SHORE CREE, WEST MAIN CREE |
| Classification | Algic, Algonquian, Central, Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi. |
| Comments | Language complex or dialect continuum within Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi. Nonpalatalized l-dialect. Bilingualism in English. Vigorous. Grammar. Literacy rate in first language: 5% to 10%. Literacy rate in second language: 75% to 100%. Cree syllabary, eastern finals. NT 1876. |
