Concept information
Preferred term
Cree
Definition
- Cree macrolanguage, 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.
Narrower concepts
Identifier
- CRE
Notation
- cr
- cre
In other languages
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кри
Bulgarian
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Cree
Cree
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kri
Croatian
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kríjština
Czech
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cree
Danish
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Cree
Dutch
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krii keel
Estonian
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cree
Finnish
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cri
French
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Cree
German
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κρι
Greek
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krí
Hungarian
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Craís
Irish
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cree
Italian
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krī valoda
Latvian
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krijų
Lithuanian
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Kri
Maltese
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kri
Polish
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cri
Portuguese
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cree
Romanian
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kríština
Slovak
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krijščina
Slovenian
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cri
Spanish
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cree
Swedish
URI
http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/CRE
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