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Cree /ˈkriː/ (also known as Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi) is a dialect continuum of Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 117,000 people across Canada, from the Northwest Territories to Alberta to Labrador. If considered one language, it is the aboriginal language with the highest number of
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See moreEndonyms are:
• nêhiyawêwin ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ (Plains Cree)
• nīhithawīwin ᓃᐦᐃᖬᐑᐏᐣ (Woods Cree)
• nêhinawêwin ᓀᐦᐃᓇᐌᐎᐣ (Western Swampy Cree)...
See moreCree is believed to have begun as a dialect of the Proto-Algonquian language spoken between 2,500 and 3,000 years ago in the original Algonquian homeland
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See moreThe Cree dialect continuum can be divided by many criteria. Dialects spoken in northern Ontario and the southern James Bay, Lanaudière, and
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See moreCree features a complex polysynthetic morphosyntax. A common grammatical feature in Cree dialects, in terms of sentence structure, is non-regulated word order. Word order is not
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See moreDoug Cuthand argues three reasons for the loss of the Cree language among many speakers over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. First,
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See moreThis table shows the possible consonant phonemes in the Cree language or one of its varieties.
In dictionaries focused on Eastern Swampy Cree, Western Swampy Cree may readily substitute ⟨sh⟩ with ⟨s⟩, while Lowland Moose Cree may...
See moreCree dialects, except for those spoken in eastern Quebec and Labrador, are traditionally written using Cree syllabics, a variant of
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