ELP ID
11143
Public Comment
East Cree is the Montagnais-Naskapi dialect spoken in northwestern Quebec, along the east coast of James and Hudson Bay and inland. There is a distinction between northern and southern subdialects, the latter with coastal and inland varieties.
Southern dialects are spoken in Nemaska (Nemiscau), Waskaganish (Rupert House), Eastmain,
Waswanipi, Ouje-bougamau and Mistissini. Of a population of about 12,000, all but a small
number are speakers.
Source
North America
Preferred
Off