Cree language

Cree
Cree
ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ, nēhiyawēwin (Plains); ᓃᐦᐃᖬᐑᐏᐣ, nīhithawīwin (Woods); ᓀᐦᐃᓇᐌᐎᐣ, nêhinawêwin (W Swampy); ᐃᓂᓃᒧᐎᓐ, ininîmowin (E Swampy); ᐃᔨᓂᐤ ᐊᔭᒥᐎᓐ, Iyiniu-Ayamiwin (N Eastern); ᐄᔨᔫ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ, Iyiyiu-Ayamiwin (S Eastern)
	Historical distribution of Cree peoples
Native to	Canada; United States (Montana)
Ethnicity	Cree
Native speakers	96,000, 27% of ethnic population (2016 census); (including Montagnais–Naskapi and Atikamekw)
Language family	Algic Algonquian Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi Cree; ; ;
Writing system	Latin, Canadian Aboriginal syllabics (Cree)
Official status
Official language in	Northwest Territories
Recognised minority; language in	Alberta; Manitoba; Ontario; Quebec; Saskatchewan;
Language codes
ISO 639-1	cr
ISO 639-2	cre
ISO 639-3	cre – inclusive code; Individual codes:; crk – Plains Cree; cwd – Woods Cree; csw – Swampy Cree; crm – Moose Cree; crl – Northern East Cree; crj – Southern East Cree; nsk – Naskapi; moe – Montagnais; atj – Atikamekw
Glottolog	cree1271 Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi; cree1272
	Six dialects of Cree are classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Cree (/kriː/ KREE; also known as Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi) is a dialect continuum of Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 237,420 people in 2021 across Canada, 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. There, Cree is spoken mainly in Fort Smith and Hay River.

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