Cree (language)
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Not to be confused with the Kri language or the Creek language (Muscogee).
Cree (/kriː/ 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] If considered one language, it is the aboriginal language with the highest number of speakers in Canada.[5] The only region where Cree has any official status is in the Northwest Territories, alongside eight other aboriginal languages.[7] There, Cree is spoken mainly in Fort Smith and Hay River.[8]
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Cree | |
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ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ, nēhiyawēwin (Plains) ᓃᐦᐃᖬᐑᐏᐣ, nīhithawīwin (Woods) ᓀᐦᐃᓇᐌᐎᐣ, nêhinawêwin (W Swampy) ᐃᓂᓃᒧᐎᓐ, ininîmowin (E Swampy) ᐃᔨᓂᐤ ᐊᔭᒥᐎᓐ, Iyiniu-Ayamiwin (N Eastern) ᐄᔨᔫ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ, Iyiyiu-Ayamiwin (S Eastern) | |
Native to | Canada; United States (Montana) |
Ethnicity | Cree |
Native speakers | 96,000, 27% of ethnic population (2016 census)[1] (including Montagnais–Naskapi and Atikamekw) |
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Latin, Canadian Aboriginal syllabics (Cree) | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Northwest Territories[3] |
Recognised minority language in | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | cr |
ISO 639-2 | cre |
ISO 639-3 | cre – inclusive codeIndividual codes: crk – Plains Creecwd – Woods Creecsw – Swampy Creecrm – Moose Creecrl – Northern East Creecrj – Southern East Creensk – Naskapimoe – Montagnaisatj – Atikamekw |
Glottolog | cree1271 Cree–Montagnais–Naskapicree1272 |
Six dialects of Cree are classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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