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It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005).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: TET
ISO 639-2: alg
| Population | 3,995 mother tongue speakers (1998 Statistics Canada). |
| Region | Three isolated communities on reservations of Manuane, Obedjiwan, Weymontachie, between La Tuque, Quebec, and Senneterre, Quebec, 200 to 400 km. north of Montreal in south central Quebec, along the upper reaches of the St. Maurice River. |
| Alternate names | TÊTE DE BOULE, ATTIMEWK, ATTIKAMEK, ATIHKAMEKW, ATIKAMEK |
| Classification | Algic, Algonquian, Central, Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi. |
| Comments | Very different from Montagnais and Naskapi in the nearby area. Language complex or dialect continuum within Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi. Nonpalatalized r-dialect. Bilingualism in French. Vigorous. Three subgroups: Manawan, Wemotaci, Opitciwan. Literacy rate in first language: 10% to 30%. Literacy rate in second language: 50% to 75%. Roman orthography, based on French. Hunters, trappers. Bible portions 1980-1983. |
