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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.

Identifier

  • CRE

Notation

  • cr
  • cre

In other languages

  • кри

    Bulgarian

  • Cree

    Cree

  • kri

    Croatian

  • kríjština

    Czech

  • cree

    Danish

  • Cree

    Dutch

  • krii keel

    Estonian

  • cree

    Finnish

  • cri

    French

  • Cree

    German

  • κρι

    Greek

  • krí

    Hungarian

  • Craís

    Irish

  • cree

    Italian

  • krī valoda

    Latvian

  • krijų

    Lithuanian

  • Kri

    Maltese

  • kri

    Polish

  • cri

    Portuguese

  • cree

    Romanian

  • kríština

    Slovak

  • krijščina

    Slovenian

  • cri

    Spanish

  • cree

    Swedish

URI

http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/CRE

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