Woods Cree
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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 dialect continuum.[1][5] The dialect continuum has around 116,000 speakers;[2] the exact population of Woods Cree speakers is unknown, estimated between 2,600 and 35,000.
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Woods Cree | |
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Nīhithawīwin ᓀᐦᐃᖬᐍᐏᐣ | |
Native to | Canada |
Region | Northern Manitoba, Northern Saskatchewan |
Ethnicity | 53,000 Woodland Cree (1982)[1] |
Native speakers | 1,800 (2016)[2] |
Algic
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Latin, Canadian Aboriginal syllabics (Cree) | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Northwest Territories[4] |
Recognised minority language in | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | cwd |
Glottolog | wood1236 |
Linguasphere | 62-ADA-ab |
Woods Cree is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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