Moose Cree language
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Moose Cree is a dialect of the Cree language spoken mainly in Moose Factory, Ontario.[1]
Classification
As a dialect of the Cree language, Moose Cree is classified under the Algonquian branch of the Algic language family.
Name
The term Moose Cree is derived either from the toponym Script error: No such module "lang"., meaning 'Moose Island' or Script error: No such module "lang"., meaning 'Moose River'. The former is the historical name for the summering grounds of the speakers of this dialect, but has been appropriated by the modern municipality of Moosonee, leaving the island with the official English name of Moose Factory, a name that recalls the historical presence of a Hudson's Bay trading post, originally called 'factories'. The above-mentioned hydronym refers to the river where the said island is located.[2] Speakers of the dialect refer to the language as Script error: No such module "lang"..[2]
Official status
In Ontario, the Cree language has no official status.
Orthography
Moose Cree is traditionally written in the Eastern Syllabics, a variant of syllabics used by Cree dialects spoken in communities where the Anglican church once had a strong presence, namely Fort Albany and Moose Factory in Ontario, as well as the Cree communities in Quebec. The Latin alphabet is also in use locally, as a phonetic and non-standard script in hymnals and various locally produced materials and as a standardized script in pedagogical materials.[3][2] The latter use is based on standardization efforts for the Cree language at large.[4][5]
Phonology
- Preservation of the Proto-Algonquian *k as Script error: No such module "IPA".
- Preservation of the Proto-Algonquian *r as a distinctive consonant Script error: No such module "IPA".
- Preservation of historical distinction between Script error: No such module "IPA". and Script error: No such module "IPA". outside of consonant clusters
- Assimilation of Script error: No such module "IPA". to Script error: No such module "IPA". in presence of another intramorphemic Script error: No such module "IPA".
- Preservation of the phonological status of all eight Proto-Algonquian vowels, except for Proto-Algonquian *e on occasion. For this phoneme, an incomplete change is apparent whereby in certain words and morphemes it has shifted to Script error: No such module "IPA"., resulting in predictable morphophonological adjustments in the modern dialect.[2]
| Proto-Algonquian vowel | Moose Cree phoneme | Moose Cree phone & allophones | Moose Cree orthography |
|---|---|---|---|
| *e | Script error: No such module "IPA"., Script error: No such module "IPA". | Script error: No such module "IPA"., Script error: No such module "IPA". | Template:Grapheme |
| *e: | Script error: No such module "IPA". | Script error: No such module "IPA"., Script error: No such module "IPA"., Script error: No such module "IPA"., Script error: No such module "IPA". | Template:Grapheme |
| *i | Script error: No such module "IPA". | Script error: No such module "IPA"., Script error: No such module "IPA". | Template:Grapheme |
| *i: | Script error: No such module "IPA". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | Template:Grapheme |
| *a | Script error: No such module "IPA". | Script error: No such module "IPA"., Script error: No such module "IPA". | Template:Grapheme |
| *a: | Script error: No such module "IPA". | Script error: No such module "IPA"., Script error: No such module "IPA". | Template:Grapheme |
| *o | Script error: No such module "IPA". | Script error: No such module "IPA"., Script error: No such module "IPA". | Template:Grapheme |
| *o: | Script error: No such module "IPA". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | Template:Grapheme |
References
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