y ami win ) ▁spoken ▁in ▁Nem aska , ▁W ask agan ish , ▁and ▁East main ; ▁the ▁Northern ▁Coast al ▁Dia lect s ▁( I y iy iw - A y imi win ), ▁one ▁spoken ▁in ▁W em ind ji ▁and ▁Ch is as ib i ▁and ▁the ▁other ▁spoken ▁in ▁Wh ap m ago ost ui . ▁The ▁dialect s ▁are ▁mut ually ▁intellig ible , ▁though ▁difficulty ▁ar ises ▁as ▁the ▁distance ▁between ▁communities ▁increases . ▁ ▁East ▁C ree ▁is ▁not ▁considered ▁an ▁end anger ed ▁language ▁due ▁to ▁many ▁young ▁speak ers ▁who ▁are ▁using ▁the ▁language ▁( M ela ▁S .; ▁M ali ▁A . ▁ 2 0 0 9 ). ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁Canada ▁Census , ▁there ▁are ▁currently ▁ 8 3 , 4 7 5 ▁speak ers ▁of ▁C ree ▁alone , ▁and ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 1 4 4 , 0 1 5 ▁Alg on qu ian ▁speak ers . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁statistics , ▁C ree ▁is ▁the ▁largest ▁language ▁pract iced ▁and ▁alive ▁in ▁comparison ▁to ▁all ▁the ▁other ▁languages ▁in ▁the ▁Alg on qu ian ▁family . ▁The ▁rest ▁are ▁r anging ▁anywhere ▁from ▁ 3 2 5 0 ▁speak ers ▁to ▁ 1 9 , 2 7 5 . ▁ ▁Ph on ology ▁The ▁long ▁v ow els ▁* ē ▁and ▁* ā ▁have ▁merged ▁in ▁the ▁northern ▁coast al ▁dialect s ▁but ▁remain ▁distinct ▁in ▁the ▁southern ▁coast al ▁and ▁southern ▁in