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The Innu themselves recognize several distinctions (e.g. Mushuau Innuat, Maskuanu Innut, Uashau Innuat) based on different regional affiliations and various dialects of the Innu language. The word "Naskapi" (meaning "people beyond the horizon") first made an appearance in the 17th century and was subsequently applied to Innu groups beyond the ...
The Innu people of Labrador formally organized the Naskapi Montagnais Innu Association in 1976 to protect their rights, lands, and way of life against industrialization and other outside forces. The organization changed its name to the Innu Nation in 1990 and functions today as the governing body of the Labrador Innu.
Innu-aimun or Montagnais is an Algonquian language spoken by over 10,000 Innu [3] in Labrador and Quebec in Eastern Canada. It is a member of the Cree –Montagnais– Naskapi dialect continuum and is spoken in various dialects depending on the community.
Canadian syllabics are currently used to write all of the Cree languages from including Eastern Cree, Plains Cree, Swampy Cree, Woods Cree, and Naskapi. They are also used to write Inuktitut in the Canadian Arctic; there they are co-official with the Latin script in the territory of Nunavut .
The term Naskapi is chiefly used to refer to the language of the people living in the interior of Quebec and Labrador in or around Kawawachikamach, Quebec. Naskapi is a "y-dialect" that has many linguistic features in common with the Northern dialect of East Cree, and also shares many lexical items with the Innu language.
Innu [1] Naskapi [1] Maritime Algonquian Mi'kmaq, Newfoundland Qalipu First Nation, Newfoundland; Turkic. Kipchak. Kipchak–Bulgar Bashkir, Russia (Bashkortostan) Tatars. Volga Tatars, Russia ; Oghur Chuvash, Russia ; Siberian Turkic Northern Turkic Dolgans; Yakuts, Russia (Sakha Republic) Uralic Baltic Finnic. Izhorians, Russia
The Naskapi live in northern Quebec. They comprise one First Nation, the Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach, based in Kawawachikamach. They number approximately 1,000 people. The Naskapi are recognized as a distinct nation by the governments of Quebec and Canada; however, they are often considered to be Innu living in a remote area.
Cree (/ k r iː / KREE; [4] also known as Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi) is a dialect continuum of Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 86,475 indigenous people across Canada in 2021, [5] from the Northwest Territories to Alberta to Labrador. [6]