Cree language
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Note: This article is not in Cree: it needs translation into Cree, in either the Roman transliteration or syllabic script.
- 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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Article in Cree: ᐃᔨᔫ ᐊᔨᒧᐎᓐ
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