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Name:
Western Montagnais
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Montagnais; Cree; Innu Aimun; Innu; Eastern Montagnais; Central Montagnais; Innu-Aimun; Montagnais-Naskapi
Spoken in:
Canada
Number of speakers:
8,480 (1987). Ethnic population: 10,000
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
7160
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
8483
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
moe
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Algic (Algonquian-Wiyot-Yurok, Algonquian-Ritwan)
Parent Subgroup:
Montagnais; Innu (mtgn)
Brief Description:
"Innu-aimun is a socio-political designation for the Montagnais-Naskapi dialects of Labrador, specifically the Eastern Naskapi spoken at Natuashish and the Montagnais spoken at Sheshatshiu. The term is also sometimes used to refer to all Montagnais dialects." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 16
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Western Montagnais
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