Cree, Southern East

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A language of Canada

ISO 639-3
crj
Alternate Names
Eastern James Bay Cree Southern Dialect, James Bay Cree Southern Dialect
Population

7,310 (1997 MSSS).

Location

Quebec, southeastward from James Bay, inland to the watershed east of Lake Mistissini. Coastal communities of Waskaganish, some in Eastmain. Inland, in Mistissini, Waswanipi, Nemaska, Ouje-Bougoumo.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Algic, Algonquian, Cree-Montagnais
Dialects

Palatalized y-dialect within Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi language complex or dialect subgroup. Sometimes classified as Montagnais.

Language Use

Vigorous. All domains. Also use English [eng].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 15%–20%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%. Language of instruction in lower grades, taught as a subject in upper grades. Radio programs. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2001.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Cree, Southern East
Writing
Latin script. Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script, uses eastern finals.