{"id":91,"date":"2009-12-08T01:08:49","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T06:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp\/?page_id=91"},"modified":"2025-10-20T16:29:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T20:29:04","slug":"sounds-east-cree","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/en\/grammar\/sounds-east-cree\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sounds of East Cree"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n<h1 class=\"pg-title\"><a name=\"top\"><\/a>The Sounds of East Cree<\/h1>\r\n<h3 class=\"head\">Introduction<\/h3>\r\n<p>This section of the East Cree Reference Grammar describes how to pronounce, hear and spell East Cree sounds. When you learn a new language, you learn not only how to pronounce sounds, but also how to hear them. (That last idea might seem strange, but hearing sounds in a new language &#8216;properly&#8217; is just something you have to learn.) When you want to write your language you need to pay attention to its sounds.<\/p>\r\n<h3 class=\"head\">Acknowledgements<\/h3>\r\n<em>The Sounds of East Cree<\/em> is a collaborative work produced by:\r\n<ul><li>Carrie Dyck (Memorial University)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Marie-Odile Junker (Carleton University)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nResearch Assistants\r\n<ul><li>Christin Kirchhuebel (Carleton University) -2007<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Kelly Logan (Carleton University) &#8211; 2009-2011<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Nora McGruer (Memorial University) &#8211; 2009<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Mimie Neacappo (Carleton University) &#8211; 2007, 2010 to 2014<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Karen Nolan (Carleton University) &#8211; 2007<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Brandi Snow (Memorial University) &#8211; 2009 &#8211; 2010<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Kevin Terry (Memorial University) &#8211; 2007<\/li>\r\n<\/ul><p>The Cree examples that are the basis for this work were pronounced by:<\/p>\r\n\r\nNorthern East Cree\r\n<ul><li>Luci Bobbish-Salt (Chisasibi)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Alice Duff (Chisasibi)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Christine Duff (Chisasibi)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Darlene Bearskin (Chisasibi)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Mary Shashaweskum (Wemindji)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nInland Southern East Cree\r\n<ul><li>Anna Blacksmith (Mistissini)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Louise Blacksmith (Mistissini)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nCoastal Southern East Cree\r\n<ul><li>Ruth Salt (Waskaganish)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Pearl Weistche (Waskaganish)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Erica Stephen (Waskaganish)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul><p>Research for <em>The Sounds of East Cree<\/em> was partially funded by Social Science and Humanities Research Council grants <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">#856-2004-1028<\/span>, #856-2009-008, #410-2008-0378 (The Chisasibi Child Language Acquisition Study, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mun.ca\/cclas\/\">http:\/\/www.mun.ca\/cclas\/<\/a>), and the Cree School Board, Quebec.<\/p><div id=\"cite\" style=\"z-index: 2000000; display: none; position: fixed; top: 0; right: 0; left: 0; bottom: 0;\">\r\n<div style=\"z-index: 2000000; position: fixed; background: rgba(0,0,0,0.5); top: 0; right: 0; left: 0; bottom: 0;\"><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"z-index: 5000000; position: relative; margin: 10% auto; width: 800px; min-height: 200px; max-height: 600px; background-color: white; border-radius: 1em; padding: 1em 2em;\">\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n<table style=\"max-width: 100%;\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"font-weight: bold;\">APA:<\/td>\r\n<td>Dyck, C., &amp; Junker, M.-O. (2010). <span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> The Sounds of East Cree.<\/span> In The Interactive East Cree Reference Grammar. Retrieved from <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[URL]<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"font-weight: bold;\">MLA:<\/td>\r\n<td>Carrie Dyck and Marie-Odile Junker. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> The Sounds of East Cree.<\/span> In The Interactive East Cree Reference Grammar. 2010. 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