Cree
aboriginal language continuum spoken in Canada
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The Cree are an Indigenous people whose traditional territory is located in Canada [1].
Key Facts
- Country: Canada[3]
- Instance of: macrolanguage[4], modern language[5]
- Subclass of: Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi[6], Indigenous languages of the Americas[7]
- Writing system: Latin script[8], Canadian Aboriginal syllabics[9], Latin alphabet[10]
- Commons category: Cree language[11]
- Wikimedia language code: cr[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Cree language[13]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 10,875[14], 8040[15]
- Used by: Cree[16]
- Native label: ᐃᔨᔨᐤ ᐊᔨᒧᐎᓐ'[17], nēhiyawēwin[18]
- Different from: Muscogee[19]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/CRE[20]
- Category for films in this language: Category:Cree-language films[21]
Why It Matters
Cree has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Cree is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]