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Cree > Swampy Cree

Preferred term

Swampy Cree  

Definition

  • Swampy Cree (variously known as Maskekon, Maskegon and Omaškêkowak, and often anglicized as Omushkego) is a variety of the Cree macrolanguage. It is spoken in a series of Swampy Cree communities in northern Manitoba, central northeast of Saskatchewan along the Saskatchewan River and along the Hudson Bay coast and adjacent inland areas to the south and west, and Ontario along the coast of Hudson Bay and James Bay. Like other Cree varieties, Moose Cree is classified under the Algonquian branch of the Algic language family.

Broader concept

Identifier

  • CSW

Notation

  • csw

URI

http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/CSW

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