Cree language

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Algonquian language First Nations language Indigenous language of North America Native American language

Cree language is a major Indigenous language of Canada spoken by the Cree people across a vast area from the Rocky Mountains to Labrador and is one of the most widely spoken Native American languages in North America.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Cree language canonical 23
Cree language continuum 2
Moose Cree language 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian language ⓘ
First Nations language ⓘ
Indigenous language of North America ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers over 70,000 speakers ⓘ
hasBasicWordOrder flexible word order ⓘ
hasEndonym Ininīmowin ⓘ
Nēhiyawēwin ⓘ
surface form: Nēhinawēwin

Nēhiyawēwin ⓘ
Nīhithawīwin ⓘ
hasISO639-1Code cr ⓘ
hasISO639-2Code cre ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code cre ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative ⓘ
polysynthetic ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature distinction between long and short vowels ⓘ
hasScriptVariant Canadian Aboriginal syllabics ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Cree syllabics

Canadian Aboriginal syllabics ⓘ
surface form: Western Cree syllabics
hasWritingSystem Canadian Aboriginal syllabics ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
isOfficialLanguageOf Northwest Territories ⓘ
Nunavut (local official status in some communities) ⓘ
isOneOfMostSpokenIndigenousLanguagesIn Canada ⓘ
isRecognizedMinorityLanguageIn Canada ⓘ
isTaughtAt First Nations University of Canada ⓘ
University of Alberta ⓘ
University of Manitoba ⓘ
University of Saskatchewan ⓘ
languageFamily Algic languages ⓘ
macrolanguageOf Atikamekw ⓘ
Moose Cree ⓘ
Naskapi ⓘ
Swampy Cree ⓘ
surface form: Northern East Cree

Plains Cree ⓘ
Southern East Cree ⓘ
Swampy Cree ⓘ
Woods Cree ⓘ
spokenBy Cree peoples ⓘ
surface form: Cree people
spokenIn Alberta ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Labrador ⓘ
Manitoba ⓘ
Northwest Territories ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Quebec

Rocky Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Rocky Mountains region

Saskatchewan ⓘ
usedIn Indigenous media in Canada ⓘ
education programs in Cree communities ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Algonquian languages → includesLanguage → Cree language ⓘ
Algonquian languages → includesLanguage → Cree language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plains Cree language
Algonquian languages → includesLanguage → Cree language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swampy Cree language
Algonquian languages → includesLanguage → Cree language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moose Cree language
Cree → traditionalLanguage → Cree language ⓘ
Cree → traditionalLanguage → Cree language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Woods Cree language
Cree → traditionalLanguage → Cree language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swampy Cree language
Cree → traditionalLanguage → Cree language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moose Cree language
Cree → traditionalLanguage → Cree language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern East Cree language
Algic languages → includes → Cree language ⓘ
Canadian Aboriginal syllabics → usedFor → Cree language ⓘ
Menominee language → closelyRelatedTo → Cree language ⓘ
Naskapi language → closelyRelatedTo → Cree language ⓘ
Atikamekw language → closelyRelatedTo → Cree language ⓘ
Cree peoples → primaryLanguage → Cree language ⓘ
Plains Cree → languageBranch → Cree language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cree language continuum
Woods Cree → languageOf → Cree language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cree language continuum
Woods Cree → dialectOf → Cree language ⓘ
Swampy Cree → dialectOf → Cree language ⓘ
Walpole Island → hasIndigenousLanguage → Cree language ⓘ
Moose Cree → dialectOf → Cree language ⓘ
Oji-Cree → closelyRelatedTo → Cree language ⓘ
Bungee (Bungi) → relatedTo → Cree language ⓘ
Nīhithawīwin → refersTo → Cree language ⓘ
Nīhithawīwin → isEndonymFor → Cree language ⓘ
Ininīmowin → autonymFor → Cree language ⓘ
Ininīmowin → partOf → Cree language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cree dialect continuum
Proto-Algonquian language → commonAncestorOf → Cree language ⓘ
Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi language complex → hasPart → Cree language ⓘ
Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi language complex → macroLanguageOf → Cree language ⓘ
Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi language complex → hasDialectContinuumWith → Cree language ⓘ
American Indian languages → includeLanguage → Cree language ⓘ
Central Algonquian → hasMember → Cree language ⓘ