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CRJ ISO 639-3

Cree, Southern East

ᐄᓅ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ‎ (Īnū Ayimūn) Autonym

A language of Canada

ISO 639
crj
Alternate Names
Cri du Sud-Est, Eastern James Bay Cree Southern Dialect, James Bay Cree Southern Dialect
Autonym
ᐄᓅ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ‎ (Īnū Ayimūn)
Population
45 (2016 census).
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.
Language Status
8a (Moribund). Language of recognized indigenous peoples: Cree Nation of Mistissini, Cree Nation of Nemaska, Eastmain, Oujé-Bougoumou Cree, The Crees of the Waskaganish.
Classification
Algic, Algonquian, Cree-Montagnais
Dialects
Palatalized y-dialect within Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi language complex or dialect subgroup. Sometimes classified as Montagnais. A member of macrolanguage Cree [cre].
Language Use
Most shifted to English [eng]. Some shifted to French [fra]. Used as L2 by Algonquin [alq].
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. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2001.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Cree, Southern East
Writing
Latin script [Latn]. Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script [Cans], uses eastern finals.

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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.