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Alberta Elders' Cree Dictionary = Alperta Ohci Kehtehayak Nehiyaw Otwestamakewasinahikan
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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
Nancy LeClaire and George Cardinal (speakers).
Others Involved
Emily Hunter, Rose Hilbach, Billy Joe Loubacan, Julia Cardinal, Harold Cardinal, Emilia Noskiye, Cheryl Sheldon, Verna Sorenson, William Yellowknee, Dehlia Gray, Albert Lightening, Ray G. Cardinal, Sage Cardinal, Nicole M. Matrell, Lorna B. L'Hirondelle, Nancy E. Modeste (language consultants); Earle H. Waugh (Linguist, editor); Nicole Martell, Sage Cardinal, Lorna L'Hirondelle, Nancy Modeste, Ray Cardinal (editorial assistants); Mary Mahoney-Robinson (editor); Karen Chow (University of Alberta Press); Shauna Babiuk, Tracy Menzies, Jeffery Miles, Michael Poulin (Duval House Publishing); Judith Sprigings (inputting data); Jane Ash Poitras (cover illustration); Alan Brownoff (cover layout); Sampson Cree Nation, Alberta Multicultural Commission, Northlands School Division No. 61, Alberta Career Development and Employment Summer Temporary Employment Program, Alberta Family and Social Services, The McLean Foundation, Stampeder Explorations Ltd., Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta, University of Alberta (funding).
Publishing Information
This dictionary was published in 1998 by the University of Alberta Press through Duval House Publishing.
How People Are Cited
Speakers and Elders are cited by name in the frontmatter and in the Preface. Additional contributors are cited in the Preface. Supporting organizations are cited under Acknowledgements. Speakers are not marked in individual entries.
How Information Is Cited
Speakers are cited in the Preface. Previous works are cited in the Selected Bibliography.
Where Is Information Coming From
Entries in this dictionary come from speakers and Elders, as well as previous dictionaries and descriptive work on the language by linguists and anthropologists. This project was started in the 1970s by speaker Nancy LeClaire and taken over by George Cardinal after she passed away.
Tools and Framework Used
This dictionary is available as a physical and digital book.
Access
This dictionary is available through libraries as a physical and digital book. An incomplete digital preview is available on Google Books. The print version is available to purchase from the publisher for $65 CAD.
Included Languages and Directionality
Cree to English; English to Cree.
Dialects Included
This is a dictionary of Woods Cree (labeled Northern Cree in this dictionary) and Plains Cree.
Type of Dictionary
This is a bilingual, bidirectional dictionary.
How are Entries Organised
Entries in the nehiyawewin/ akayasemowin asinahikewin Cree/English Dictionary are organised alphabetically by Cree headword, written in Roman script. Each entry contains the gloss, the part of speech and grammatical classification, inflected forms (if applicable), and dialect (different across varieties). Entries in the akayasemowin/ nehiyawewin asinahikewin English/Cree Dictionary are organised alphabetically by English headword. Each entry contains the Cree equivalent(s), their grammatical classifications, and their glosses if different from the headword (eg: ablaze kwahkotew (VII); blazing, misiwayatew (VII).)
A section entitled English/Cree Supplement New Terms follows the dictionary. This section is a wordlist, alphabetized by English headword, listing Cree equivalents in Roman script for modern English words that learners may find useful. Following this section are the Appendices, organised topically first in Cree, then in English. The Appendices are: A Legal Oath, Months, Numbers, and Kinship Terms. Kinship Terms is organised alphabetically by Cree headword, then by English headword.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Guide to use and understand | ✅ | Included under Helping You Use the Dictionary |
| Audio | ❌ | |
| Images | ❌ | |
| Example phrases | ❌ | Inflected forms of verbs in Cree can translate to full phrases or sentences in English; included in entry |
| Speakers marked | ❌ | |
| Dialects marked | ✅ | Marked as either Plains or Northern if entry does not exist in both dialects |
External Links
Reference on WorldCat: https://search.worldcat.org/title/39070303
Purchase the print version of the Alberta Elders' Cree Dictionary/alperta ohci kehtehayak nehiyaw otwestamâkewasinahikan from the publisher for $65 CAD: https://ualbertapress.ca/9780888642844/alberta-elders-cree-dictionaryalperta-ohci-kehtehayak-nehiyaw-otwestamakewasinahikan/
View the (incomplete) preview on Google Books: https://books.google.ca/books?id=CPvhQfDMOlIC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ViewAPI&hl=en&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false