Plains Cree language
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| Plains Cree ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ / Nêhiyawêwin |
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| Spoken in: | Canada, United States | |
| Region: | Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Montana | |
| Total speakers: | 34,000 | |
| Language family: | Algic Algonquian Central Algonquian Cree Plains Cree |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | cre | |
| ISO 639-3: | crk | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Plains Cree is an Algonquian language, often considered a dialect of Cree, spoken by about 34,000 people in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Montana. In the southern parts of its territory it is now spoken only by older people, but in the northern parts use of the language remains vigorous.
[edit] References
- Wolfart, H. Christoph. (1973). Plains Cree: a Grammatical Study. American Philosophical Society Transactions n.s. 63, pt. 5. Philadelphia.
- Wolfart, H. Christoph. (1996). Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language. In Handbook of North American Indians, ed. by Ives Goddard, Vol. 17: 390-439.
- Wolfart, H. Christoph, and Freda Ahenakew (1998). The Student's Dictionary of Literary Plains Cree, Based on Contemporary Texts. Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics Memoirs 15. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Linguistics Department. ISBN 0-921064-15-2.
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