Woods Cree dialect
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The Woods Cree dialect is a variety of the Cree language traditionally spoken by Woods Cree communities in the boreal forest regions of northern Canada.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Algonquian language variety
ⓘ
Cree dialect ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Northern Cree (in some classifications)
ⓘ
Woods Cree NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| autonym | nīhithawīwin ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Plains Cree dialect
ⓘ
Swampy Cree dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Woods Cree NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
ceremonial practices
ⓘ
community life in northern boreal regions ⓘ traditional oral storytelling ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
animacy-based grammar
ⓘ
complex verb morphology ⓘ obviation system ⓘ polysynthetic morphology ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
direct–inverse voice system
ⓘ
person and number marking on verbs ⓘ use of preverbs for aspect and modality ⓘ |
| hasOrthographicVariation | variation between syllabics and Roman orthographies ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrast between long and short vowels
ⓘ
th-series fricative /ð/ corresponding to /y/ in other Cree dialects ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEffort |
community-based language programs in northern Saskatchewan
ⓘ
development of teaching materials and dictionaries ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticFeature | language shift toward English in many communities ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | cwd ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Algonquian languages ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| macrolanguage | Cree NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
First Nations languages
ⓘ
Indigenous languages of Canada ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Ethnologue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ISO 639-3 standard ⓘ |
| region |
Prairie Provinces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
subarctic Canada ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Canada
ⓘ
northern Alberta NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Manitoba NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Saskatchewan ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Cree language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Central Algonquian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion | boreal forest regions of northern Canada ⓘ |
| usedBy | Woods Cree First Nations communities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | local schools in some First Nations communities ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Canadian Aboriginal syllabics
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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