Cree
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Cree is a Native American language spoken across Canada by Indigenous Cree peoples, existing as a continuum of related dialects rather than a single standardized form. It matters as an important part of Cree cultural identity and heritage, though like many Indigenous languages it faces pressure from dominant colonial languages.
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Cree (/kriː/ KREE; also known as Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi) is a dialect continuum of Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 86,475 people across Canada in 2021, 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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Central Algonquian languagesCreeCree cultureCree languageFirst Nations languages in CanadaIndigenous languages of North AmericaIndigenous languages of the North American eastern woodlandsIndigenous languages of the North American PlainsIndigenous languages of the North American SubarcticISO language articles citing sources other than EthnologueLanguages with ISO 639-1 code