Also Known As:
Cree, Atikamekw, Tête de Boule, Attimewk, Atihkamekw, Atikamek, Attikamekw
Dialects & Varieties
North America
Victor Golla, Ives Goddard, Lyle Campbell, Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco. 2008. "North America." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by Chris Moseley and Ron Asher. 7-41. Routledge.
Vulnerable
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~3,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 1
Most members of the community or ethnic group speak the language. Speaker numbers may be decreasing, but very slowly.
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Transmission
Transmission -1
All members of the community, including children, speak the language.
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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Ethnic or community population
3,000
Year information was gathered
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Location and Context
Countries
Canada
Location Description
Attikamek (Tête de Boule, Atikamekw) is the Cree dialect spoken on the Manouane/Manuan, Obedjiwan/Obidjewan, and Weymontachingue/Wemontachie Reserves, north of Trois-Rivières in south-central Quebec.
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
French
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Recent Resources
Studio Île Pariseau has released a computer game that teaches animal names in 6 Canadian First Natio
The wikipedia page for the Attikamekw language.
A profile page for the Attikamekw language.