Linguistic classification of the Cree and Montagnais-Naskapi dialects

• Main Author: Michelson, Truman,1879-1938.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: United States Government Printing Office 1939
• Subjects: Cree language > Dialects > Canada; Montagnais language > Dialects; Naskapi language > Dialects; montagnais; naskapi; Newfoundland studies
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/102039

This work contains details about the different Cree and Montagnais-Naskapi dialects spoken in some parts of the United States, but focuses on Canada, including those spoken in Labrador. Michelson provides details about where the dialects are spoken, what makes them different from each other, and how some became blended together to form new dialects. This is a chapter from issue 123 of the seriesBulletin (Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology), and issue no. 8 in the series Anthropological papers (Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology). Appendix including bibliographical references: p. 86-95.