instead of syllabics. Cree (/kriː/ KREE; also known as Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi) is a dialect continuum of Algonquian languages spoken by approximately...
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The Cree, or nehinaw (néhiyaw, nihithaw), are a North American Indigenous people, numbering more than 350,000 in Canada, where they form one of the country's...
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Ojibwa or the Oji-Cree language (ᐊᓂᐦᔑᓂᓃᒧᐏᐣ, Anishininiimowin; Unpointed: ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᒧᐏᐣ) is the indigenous name for a dialect of the Ojibwe language spoken in a series...
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Algonquian language, Cree, which is the most populous Canadian indigenous language. Plains Cree is considered a dialect of the Cree-Montagnais language or a...
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symbols instead of syllabics. East Cree, also known as James Bay (Eastern) Cree, and East Main Cree, is a group of Cree dialects spoken in Quebec, Canada...
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Swampy Cree (variously known as Maskekon, Maskegon and Omaškêkowak, and often anglicized as Omushkego) is a variety of the Algonquian language, Cree. It...
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Algonquian languages. They are federally recognized as the Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation. This tribe is the southernmost Cree tribe...
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The Anisininew or Oji-Cree are a First Nation in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba, residing in a band extending from the Missinaibi River...
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Woods Cree is an indigenous language spoken in Northern Manitoba, Northern Saskatchewan and Northern Alberta, Canada. It is part of the Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi...
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syllabics system created for Cree and Ojibwe. There are two main varieties of syllabics for Cree: Western Cree syllabics and Eastern Cree syllabics. Syllabics...
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Muskegoes) or by exonyms including West Main Cree, Lowland Cree, and Homeguard Cree, are a division of the Cree Nation occupying lands located in northern...
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literally "Atikamekw native language") is a variety of the Algonquian language Cree[citation needed] and the language of the Atikamekw people of southwestern...
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Moose Cree is a dialect of the Cree language spoken mainly in Moose Factory, Ontario. As a dialect of the Cree language, Moose Cree is classified under...
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The Sakāwithiniwak or Woodland Cree, are a Cree people, calling themselves Nîhithaw in their own dialect of the language. They are the largest indigenous...
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in the Naskapi language) is an Algonquian language spoken by the Naskapi in Quebec and Labrador, Canada. It is written in Eastern Cree syllabics. The...
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any native language north of Mexico. The word Athabaskan is an anglicized version of a Cree language name for Lake Athabasca (Moose Cree: Āðapāskāw '[where]...
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Western Cree syllabics are a variant of Canadian Aboriginal syllabics used to write Plains Cree, Woods Cree and the western dialects of Swampy Cree. It is...
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Michif (redirect from Michif (language))
Michif (also Mitchif, Mechif, Michif-Cree, Métif, Métchif, French Cree) is one of the languages of the Métis people of Canada and the United States, who...
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There exist numerous Cree languages, such as Plains Cree (nêhiyawêwin ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ), Woods Cree (nīhithawīwin ᓃᐦᐃᖬᐑᐏᐣ), Swampy Cree (E: nêhinawêwin ᓀᐦᐃᓇᐌᐎᐣ...
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Dialect continuum (redirect from Language continuum)
Swampy Cree (n-dialect) Eastern Swampy Cree Western Swampy Cree Moose Cree (l-dialect) East Cree or James Bay Cree (y-dialect) Northern East Cree Southern...
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is a Cree community in northern Manitoba. Misipawistik in the local Cree language means 'Rushing Rapids', which was once a historical Canadian landmark...
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Canadian Aboriginal syllabics (category Articles containing Cree-language text)
Cree and Ojibwe.: 279 Canadian syllabics are currently used to write all of the Cree languages from including Eastern Cree, Plains Cree, Swampy Cree...
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Chisasibi (redirect from Chisasibi (Cree reserved land))
Chisasibi (Cree: ᒋᓵᓰᐲ, romanized: Cisâsîpî; meaning Great River) is a village and Cree reserved land (TC) on the eastern shore of James Bay, in Eeyou...
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Eastmain (Cree: ᐙᐸᓅᑖᐤ (Wâpanûtâw) meaning "Lands east of James Bay") is a Cree First Nation of Canada. Its members primarily live in the Terres réservées...
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The Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN; Cree: ᓂᓯᒐᐚᔭᓯᕽ, nisicawâyasihk; formerly the Nelson House First Nation) is a Cree First Nations community centered...
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Plains Cree may refer to: Plains Cree language Plains Cree people This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Plains Cree. If an...
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The Nation is a signatory to Treaty 6, and their traditional language is Plains Cree. Saddle Lake's governing structure is unusual in that it has two...
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Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation (Cree: ᐊᑖᐦᑲᑯᐦᑊ atâhkakohp, meaning Starblanket, name of the first chief of the Band) is a Cree First Nation band government in...
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Members of the Nation are of Cree ancestry and speak the Plains Cree dialect of the Cree language group. The band is a signatory of Treaty 6 and is a member...
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Mapping Workshop 2017: Supporting Cree as a 21st Century Language". Cree Literacy Network. Retrieved July 26, 2021. "Enoch Cree Nation 135". Geographical Names...
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