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Preferred term

creCree  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Cree (Nēhiyawēwin / ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ; also known as Cree–Montagnais, Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi) is an Algonquian language spoken by approximately 117,000 people across Canada, from the Northwest Territories and Alberta to Labrador, making it the aboriginal language with the highest number of speakers in Canada. Subject, Verb, and Object (SVO) in a sentence can vary in order, for example, SVO, VOS, OVS, and SOV.

Entry terms

  • Cree language

ISO 639-1 code

  • cr

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • cre

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • cre

ISO 639-3 code

  • cre

Notation

  • cre

In other languages

  • Cri

    French

  • cree
  • Cree

    German

  • cree

    Italian

  • Lingua cree
  • Portuguese

  • Língua cree
  • cree

    Spanish

  • Idioma cree

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/cre

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