The term Moose Cree is derived either from the toponym Môsoniy, meaning 'Moose Island' or Môso-sîpiy, 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.[3] Speakers of the dialect refer to the language as Ililîmowin.[3]
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.[4][3] The latter use is based on standardization efforts for the Cree language at large.[5][6]
Phonology
Preservation of the Proto-Algonquian *k as /k/
Preservation of the Proto-Algonquian *r as a distinctive consonant /l/
Preservation of historical distinction between /s/ and /ʃ/ outside of consonant clusters
Assimilation of /n/ to [l] in presence of another intramorphemic /l/
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 /i/, resulting in predictable morphophonological adjustments in the modern dialect.[3]
^ abcdKevin Brousseau, 2015. A Dictionary of Moose Cree. 2nd edition. Moose Factory: Moose Cree First Nation.
^Daisy Turner, 1974. Moose Factory Cree.. Cobalt: Highway Book Shop.
^C. Douglas Ellis, 1973. A Proposed Standard Roman Orthography for Cree. The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 3, no. 4, 1-37
^David Pentland, 1977. Nêhiyawasinahikêwin: A Standard Orthography for the Cree Language Regina: Saskatchewan Indian Federated College.
May 04, 2023
moose, cree, language, moose, cree, dialect, cree, language, spoken, mainly, moose, factory, ontario, moose, creeililîmowin, ᐃᓕᓖᒧᐎᓐnative, tocanadaregionontarioethnicity5, moose, cree, 1982, native, speakers3, 2007, language, familyalgic, algonquiancree, monta. Moose Cree is a dialect of the Cree language spoken mainly in Moose Factory Ontario 1 Moose CreeIlilimowin ᐃᓕᓖᒧᐎᓐNative toCanadaRegionOntarioEthnicity5 000 Moose Cree 1982 1 Native speakers3 000 2007 1 Language familyAlgic AlgonquianCree Montagnais Naskapi 2 CreeMoose CreeLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code crm class extiw title iso639 3 crm crm a Glottologmoos1236Linguasphere62 ADA aeMoose Cree is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World s Languages in Danger Contents 1 Classification 2 Name 3 Official status 4 Orthography 5 Phonology 6 ReferencesClassification EditAs a dialect of the Cree language Moose Cree is classified under the Algonquian branch of the Algic language family Name EditThe term Moose Cree is derived either from the toponym Mosoniy meaning Moose Island or Moso sipiy 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 3 Speakers of the dialect refer to the language as Ililimowin 3 Official status EditIn Ontario the Cree language has no official status Orthography EditMoose 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 4 3 The latter use is based on standardization efforts for the Cree language at large 5 6 Phonology EditPreservation of the Proto Algonquian k as k Preservation of the Proto Algonquian r as a distinctive consonant l Preservation of historical distinction between s and ʃ outside of consonant clusters Assimilation of n to l in presence of another intramorphemic l 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 i resulting in predictable morphophonological adjustments in the modern dialect 3 Proto Algonquian vowel Moose Cree phoneme Moose Cree phone amp allophones Moose Cree orthography e e i ɪ i i e e ɛ e i o e i i ɪ i i i i i i a a e a a a a a ɔ a o u ʊ u o o u u o References Edit a b c Moose Cree at Ethnologue 25th ed 2022 Hammarstrom Harald Forkel Robert Haspelmath Martin Bank Sebastian 2022 05 24 Cree Montagnais Naskapi Glottolog Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Archived from the original on 2022 10 15 Retrieved 2022 10 29 a b c d Kevin Brousseau 2015 A Dictionary of Moose Cree 2nd edition Moose Factory Moose Cree First Nation Daisy Turner 1974 Moose Factory Cree Cobalt Highway Book Shop C Douglas Ellis 1973 A Proposed Standard Roman Orthography for Cree The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 3 no 4 1 37 David Pentland 1977 Nehiyawasinahikewin A Standard Orthography for the Cree Language Regina Saskatchewan Indian Federated College Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Moose Cree language amp oldid 1134237241, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
