Wiki Languages: Cree language (Nehiyaw)
Updated: 17-07-2024 by Wikilanguages.net
| Language: Cree (Cree language) | Local name: Nehiyaw |
| Language code: cr | Display language: Simple English (simple)|
| Speak area: Canada | Classification: Amerindian |
| Country: Canada | Second language: |
| Usage: regional | Wiki language for Cree language |
Dictionary for Cree (Nehiyaw) in Simple English
| English | Cree |
| Nehiyaw | Simple English |
| Cree | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Canada; United States (Montana) |
| Ethnicity | Cree |
Native speakers | 120,000 (2006 census)[1] (including Montagnais–Naskapi and Atikamekw) |
Language family | Algic
|
Writing system | Latin, Canadian Aboriginal syllabics (Cree) |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Northwest Territories[2] |
Recognised minority language in | Alberta Manitoba Ontario Quebec Saskatchewan |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | |
| ISO 639-2 | |
| 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/ˈkriː/[3] (also known as Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi) is an Algonquian language spoken by about 117,000 people across Canada from the Northwest Territories and Alberta to Labrador.[1] This makes it the aboriginal language with the highest number of speakers in Canada.[1] Despite having a large number of speakers within this wide-ranging area, the only region where Cree has any official status is in the Northwest Territories. This is along with eight other official aboriginal languages.
References
- ↑ 1.01.11.2Statistics Canada: 2006 Census
- ↑Official Languages of the Northwest Territories (map)
- ↑Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook, Edinburgh