--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Constable" <petercon@...>
wrote:

> > From: suzmccarth [mailto:suzmccarth@...]
>
> > What do you mean by the "various" Cree lgs? I can think of a few

but

> > I am wondering how you define it.
>
> Ethnologue lists the following Cree languages:
>
> "Southern East" or "East Inland" (east of James Bay to east of Lake
> Mistissini)
>
> "Northern East" or "East Coastal" (east coast of lower Hudson Bay)
>
> "Moose" (Southern James Bay)
>
> "Swampy" (west coast of James Bay and Hudson Bay)
>
> "Plains" (central-north Manitoba - Alberta)
>
> "Woods" (far north Manitoba - Saskatchewan)

That wasn't exactly how I remembered it so I am quoting here from
SIL's Eastern James Bay Cree Dictionary.

"Eastern James Bay Cree (or East Cree) is part of the Cree-
Montagnais-Naskapi dialect continuum which stretches from Labrador
on the Atlantic ocean to the Rocky mountains in Alberta, Canada. It
is spoken by approximately 13 000 people."

"East Cree can be divided into two main dialects, Southern and
Northern. The Northern Dialect includes the communities of
Whapmagoostui (GW), Chisasibi (FG), and Wemindji (Wem). The Southern
Dialect is divided into the Coastal (Eastmain, Waskaganish, Nemaska)
and Inland (Mistissini, Oujé-Bougoumou and Waswanipi) sub-dialects."

Forgive me for not understanding at which level different lg codes
and identifiers will be invoked.

What is the difference between the 2 letter code and the 3 letter
identifier?

Suzanne

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> Peter Constable