אטיקמקווית

Atikamekw (Atikamekw Nehiromowin, "language of the Atikamekw") is a Cree-language R-dialect — within the Cree dialect continuum that also includes Plains Cree (crk), Woods Cree (cwd), Swampy Cree (csw), and Moose Cree (crm), Atikamekw represents the "R-dialect" pattern (preserving Proto-Algonquian *l as r) versus Plains Y-dialect (l→y). Spoken in three Mauricie Quebec communities (Manawan, Wemotaci, Opitciwan), Atikamekw has unusually strong intergenerational transmission for a Canadian Indigenous language: children grow up bilingual in Atikamekw and French. Notable for active language documentation and the Atikamekw Conseil de la Nation cultural-linguistic programs.