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Naskapi Dictionary

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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

Marguerite MacKenzie, Bill Jancewicz (editors, web development), Marie-Odile Junker, (web development); Delasie Tokornoo (database programming).

Others Involved

Naskapi Development Corporation, Memorial University, Carleton University, SIL International (support); Audrey Dawe-Sheppard (English-Naskapi editor); Anne-Marie Baraby (French-Naskapi editor); Joe Guanish, Agnes McKenzie (Naskapi Editors); Elijah Einish, Lana Martens, Donald Peastitute (compilers) Philip Einish, Thomas Sandy (assistance).

Publishing Information

This dictionary was published in 2015 by the Algonquian Languages Project. It is a revised digital edition of the 1994 print publication Naskapi Lexicon by the same authors.

How People are Cited

Contributors are cited under the Credits tab.

How Information is Cited

The Naskapi Lexicon (1994) is cited under the Credits tab.

Where is Information Coming from

This dictionary is a digitization of the earlier Naskapi Lexicon (1994) by MacKenzie and Jancewicz. No other sources of information are cited.

Tools and Framework used

This is a web-hosted dictionary.

Access

This dictionary is open access online.

Included Languages and Directionality

Naskapi to English. It can be searched by Naskapi or English. The print version includes French to Naskapi.

Dialects Included

This is a dictionary of Naskapi, which, although not a dialect of Cree, is very closely related to Eastern Cree and Montagnais.

Type of Dictionary

This is a bilingual, monodirectional online dictionary. There is a print version that includes French.

How are Entries Organised

Entries in this dictionary can be viewed alphabetically by Naskapi via the Browse function or the Search function. Whichever way it is viewed, each entry contains the Naskapi syllabics followed by the Naskapi word in the Latin alphabet, its part of speech, and the English gloss. When clicked on, each entry opens a drop-down box showing the same information enlarged, as well as three drop-down lists: Morpheme, which shows the morphemes that appear in the word; Theme, which shows the semantic domain; and Keywords, which shows related words or terms in English. All words in these dropdown lists are hyperlinked to their own entries.

The Browse function, available on the Browse tab, shows a series of drop-down lists organised alphabetically by Naskapi: Entries, Keywords, Themes, Morphemes, and Parts of Speech. Clicking on Entries allows users to browse all entries in the dictionary alphabetically by Naskapi headword. Clicking on Themes allows users to view all entries according to semantic domain. Each domain contains a drop-down list of all entries related to its theme (eg: abstract emotion). Clicking on Morphemes allows users to browse all morphemes that occur in entries. Each morpheme contains a drop-down list of the entries it appears in. Clicking on Parts of Speech allows users to browse all entries according to their part of speech. Each part of speech contains a drop-down list of related entries. The words in the dropdown menus are hyperlinked or are further nested as dropdown menus and offer more detailed lists of related terms when clicked on.

The Search function allows users to search by English or Cree and to filter entries by keyword, definition, theme, beginning with, containing, ending with, and whole word. Searches take users to the Results tab, where search results are grouped according to category (entry, keyword, theme, part of speech). Each entry can be viewed as a drop down list.

Other Features

Feature	Included	More Information
Guide to use and understand	✅	A short guide to the search function is located on the Help tab
Audio	❌
Images	❌
Example phrases	❌	Not included in entry, but some entries are full phrases
Speakers marked	❌
Dialects marked	❌

External Links

View the Naskapi Dictionary website here: https://dictionary.naskapi.atlas-ling.ca/#!/help#help

Reference the print publication, Naskapi Lexicon = Lexique naskapi (1994), on WorldCat: https://search.worldcat.org/title/32385220

This dictionary is part of a series of resources for Algonquian languages by the Algonquian Languages Project. View their website here: https://www.algonquianlanguages.ca