Cree language

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  • Plains Cree (y-dialect)
  • Woods Cree (th-dialect)
  • Swampy Cree (n-dialect)
Swampy Cree in turn has an eastern and a western dialect which differ in the use of the š. In the western dialect, š has merged with s.
  • Moose Cree (l-dialect)
  • James Bay Cree (y-dialect, sometimes called Eastern Cree)
James Bay Cree has a northern and a southern dialect which differ in the number of vowel distinctions they make. The long vowels ê and î have merged in the northern dialect but are distinct in the southern. Nonetheless, the people from the two areas easily communicate.
  • Atikamekw (r-dialect)
  • Western Montagnais (l-dialect)
  • Innu (l-dialect, also sometimes called Eastern Montagnais)
  • Naskapi (y-dialect)

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