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Is Cree an ethnicity?
The Cree (Cree: néhinaw, néhiyaw, nihithaw, etc.; French: Cri) are a North American Indigenous people. They live primarily in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations.
What are some words in Cree?
Wah chi yey (Hello) | Ah wah shish (Baby) | Nei kah we (my mother) |
Mahs kwetch (maybe) | Ne pah wei (stand) | Ah pei (sit) |
May tah way (play) | Pei mo tay (walk) | Nei ka mo (sing) |
Kwash ko tei (jump) | Ni pah (sleep) | E tah pei (look) |
Wah nish kah (get up) | She pah (under) | Yah kwah (watch out) |
What language is similar to Cree?
Closely related to Cree is the Ojibwa language with its many dialects, found primarily to the south of Cree-speaking regions from Quebec to Saskatchewan and in the neighbouring areas of the United States.
Cree
Spoken language
Cree is a dialect continuum of Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 86,475 indigenous people across Canada in 2021, from the Northwest Territories to Alberta to Labrador. If considered one language, it is the aboriginal language with the... Wikipedia
Language families: Algonquian languages and Algic languages
Dialects: Plains Cree language
Ethnicity: Cree
Native speakers: 96,000, 27% of ethnic population (2016 census); (including Montagnais–Naskapi and Atikamekw)
Native to: Canada; United States (Montana)
Official language in: Northwest Territories
Writing system: Latin, Canadian Aboriginal syllabics (Cree)
Cree /ˈkriː/ (also known as Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi) is a dialect continuum of Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 117,000 people across Canada, from ...
Among the numerous Algonquian languages are Cree, Ojibwa, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Mi'kmaq (Micmac), Arapaho, and Fox-Sauk-Kickapoo. The term Algonquin (often ...