Eastern James Bay Cree Dictionary on the Web: English-Cree and Cree-English, French-Cree and Cree-French (Northern and Southern dialects)

Language Name

Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi.

Alternate Language Names

Cree, Naskapi, Montagnais, ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ, Nēhiyawēwin.

Region

Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Northwest Territories, Canada.

Who

Marie-Odile Junker, Marguerite MacKenzie (Editors-in-Chief); Luci Bobbish-Salt, Ruth Salt, Alice Duff, Patricia Diamond, Linda Visitor, Pearl Weistche (Editors).

Others Involved

Luci Bobbish-Salt, Alice Duff, Bill Jancewicz, Marie-Odile Junker, Marguerite Mackenzie, Linda Visitor, Anna Blacksmith, Patricia Diamond, Daisy Moar, Ella Neeposh, Ruth Salt, Pearl Weistche (Editorial Committee); Francy Lafond, Marie-Odile Junker (French Translators); Darlene Bearskin, Anna Blacksmith, Louise Blacksmith, Luci Bobbish-Salt, Alice Duff, Christine Duff, Ruth Salt, Mary Shashaweskum, Erica Stephen, Pearl Weistche (Speakers in audio files); Delasie Torkornoo; Terry Stewart; Fred Mailhot (Database Programmers); Delasie Torkornoo (Data and Interface Designer); Radu Luchian (Data and Interface Designer/ Database Programmers); and Bill Jancewicz (Original Shoebox/Toolbox Database Set Up); Dylan Hunter (CKCU); many other Elders, speakers, and resource people who contributed to the project are listed by name.

Publishing Information

This is an online dictionary that was first launched in 2004 and seems to have been updated until 2019.

How People are Cited

Speakers, Elders, translators, editors, and other contributors are cited under Credits. Individual speakers are cited by initials in entries. Audio files cite the community that the speaker is from, but not the speaker themselves.

How Information is Cited

Speakers are cited by initials and speaker communities are abbreviated in audio entries.

Where is Information Coming from

Entries in this dictionary come from speakers cited under Credits.

Tools and Framework used

This is a multimedia website with a multi-layered search function, images, and audio.

Access

This dictionary is available open access online.

Included Languages and Directionality

Cree to English; English to Cree; French to Cree; Cree to French.

Dialects Included

This dictionary includes entries from the Northern (Chisasibi, Wemindji, Whapmagoostui) and Southern (Eastmain, Mistissini, Waskaganish) dialects of Cree.

Type of Dictionary

This is a multilingual, multi-directional online dictionary.

How are Entries Organised

Entries can be searched in Northern Cree (syllabics or Roman orthography), Southern Cree, English, or French. Each entry contains the Cree headword (either Northern or Southern), the definition in English and French, and example sentences in Cree, English, and French. Within each entry are a series of drop-down menus that provide more information: Glosses, Topic, and Word Parts. All information that appears in these drop-downs are hyperlinked to their own entries.

Other Features


Feature	Included	More Information
Guide to use and understand	✅	Included under How to Use this Dictionary
Audio	✅	Included in some entries
Images	✅	Included in some entries
Example phrases	✅	Included in some entries
Speakers marked	✅	Cited by initials in entries
Dialects marked	✅	Entries are organised by dialect on the site

Other Notes

This dictionary can be searched in Cree Syllabics for the Northern dialect, but not for Southern. All entries include syllabics.

External Links

The Eastern James Bay Cree Dictionary on the Web can be found here: https://dictionary.eastcree.org/