Plains Cree language
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Plains Cree (endonym: ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ nēhiyawēwin; alternatively: ᐸᐢᑳᐧᐃᐧᓃᒧᐃᐧᐣ paskwâwinîmowin "language of the prairie people"[5]) is a dialect of the Algonquian language, Cree, which is the most populous Canadian indigenous language. Plains Cree is considered a dialect of the Cree-Montagnais language or a dialect of the Cree language that is distinct from the Montagnais language. Plains Cree is one of five main dialects of Cree in this second sense, along with Woods Cree, Swampy Cree, Moose Cree, and Atikamekw. Although no single dialect of Cree is favored over another, Plains Cree is the one that is the most widely used. Out of the 116,500 speakers of the Cree language, the Plains Cree dialect is spoken by about 34,000 people primarily in Saskatchewan and Alberta but also in Manitoba and Montana.
Plains Cree | |
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ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ nēhiyawēwin | |
Native to | Canada, United States |
Region | Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Montana |
Native speakers | 3,200 (2001–2016)[1] |
Algic
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Official status | |
Official language in | Northwest Territories (Canada), as "Cree"[3] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | crk |
Glottolog | plai1258 |
ELP | Nēhiyawēwin |
Linguasphere | 62-ADA-aa |
Plains Cree is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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The number of people who can speak an Aboriginal language, such as Plains Cree, has increased. For example, in the 2016 census, 263,840 people could speak an Aboriginal language well enough to conduct a conversation. From 1996 to 2016, the total number of people who were able to speak an Aboriginal language went up by 8%. The number of Plains Cree speakers similarly has increased along with population increases over the past 20 years.[6]