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It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005).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: CSW
ISO 639-2: cre
| Population | 4,500 speakers out of 5,000 population (1982 SIL). All Cree mother tongue speakers in Canada 60,000 (1991 M. Dale Kinkade). |
| Region | Ontario, along the coast of Hudson Bay and northern west coast of James Bay, and inland. |
| Alternate names | YORK CREE, WEST SHORE CREE, WEST MAIN CREE |
| Dialects | EASTERN SWAMPY CREE, WESTERN SWAMPY CREE. |
| Classification | Algic, Algonquian, Central, Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi. |
| Comments | Language complex or dialect continuum within Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi. Nonpalatalized n-dialect. Bilingualism in English. Vigorous. Dictionary. Grammar. Literacy rate in first language: 5% to 10%. Literacy rate in second language: 75% to 100%. Cree syllabary, western finals. NT 1976. |
