Cree

Also known as Cree language, cr, Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi, Kree, Iyiniu-Ayamiwin, Iyiyiu-Ayamiwin, Eeyou Ayimūn, Eenou Ayimūn

aboriginal language continuum spoken in Canada

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Cree is a Native American language spoken across Canada by Indigenous Cree peoples, existing as a continuum of related dialects rather than a single standardized form. It matters as an important part of Cree cultural identity and heritage, though like many Indigenous languages it faces pressure from dominant colonial languages.

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Commons category: Cree language
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/CRE
Wikimedia language code: cr
native label: nēhiyawēwin
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 8040
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Cree (/kriː/ KREE; also known as Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi) is a dialect continuum of Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 86,475 people across Canada in 2021, from the Northwest Territories to Alberta to Labrador. If considered one language, it is the aboriginal language with the highest number of speakers in Canada. The only region where Cree has any official status is in the Northwest Territories, alongside eight other aboriginal languages. There, Cree is spoken mainly in Fort Smith and Hay River.

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