Cry Nhiyawwin, Nhithawwin, Nhinawwin,
Spoken at	Canada United States
Region	Quebec , Ontario , Manitoba , Saskatchewan , Alberta , Montana
Classification by family
- American Indian languages ( polyphyletic ) - Algonkian languages - Algonquian - Central Algonquian languages - Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi - Cree
Language codes
ISO 639-1	cr
ISO 639-2	cre
ISO 639-3	cre
IETF	cr
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Cree is an Algonquian language spoken by the Cree. The cry with the Innu aimun , the Atikamekw and Naskapi together form a dialect of the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the Rocky Mountains. Cree is the language most spoken in the Indian Canada but suffers from the predominance of English and French.

Summary 1 Varieties 2 Writing 2.1 pounds in Cree syllabary 3 Notes and references 4 Bibliography 5 See also 5.1 Links Internal 6 External links

/ / Varieties

Cree, which stretches over a vast territory, includes many local varieties. They are distinguished by the different treatment of *- l-Proto-Algonquian:

• The dialect -en-Y: essentially, the Plains Cree ( nhiyawwin) in Saskatchewan and about the Northern Alberta.
• The-r-dialect: it includes the dialect of the Isle Crosse, Northern Saskatchewan but without geographical continuity, dialect fathead minnows in Quebec.
• The in--dialect: the art of wood or rocks cry (Nhithawwin) in Northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
• The dialect-n-: the cry of the swamps (Nhinawwin) which extends from northern Saskatchewan to the Hudson Bay in Ontario.
• The dialect-l-(Moose Cree) (Ililmowin) is limited in Moose Factory, Ontario , south of Hudson Bay.

Writing

It has an original syllabic alphabet (or syllabary ) it shares with the Inuktitut and in some localities, with the Ojibwe. Here is a table identifying the most common symbols in art.

	-A	-O	-I	-E
-
p-
T
k
c-
m-
n-
s-
y-

Books Cree syllabary

• Hymn Book. (James Evans) Norway House, 1841.
• Catechism. (Translated by James Evans) Rossville, .n.
• The Holy Bible. (Translated by John Sinclair, Henry Steinhauer) Londres, 1861.
• Bunyan: Pilgrim's Progress. (Translated by John Sinclair) Toronto, 1900.
• Cree Hymn Book. (By John McDougall) Toronto, 1888.
• Cree Hymn Book. (By Robert Steinauer, Egerton Steinauer) Toronto, 1920.
• The Epistle of Paul the Apostle To The Galatians. (Translated by Joseph Reader) Oonikup (Northwest Territory), His
• The Acts of the Apostles & the Epistles. London, 1891.
• The Books of the New Testament. London, 1859.
• The Epistle of Paul the Apostle To The Ephesians, The Epistle of Jacob, "The First Epistle General of John. (Translated by Thomas Hullburt) Rossville, 1857.
• The Travellers' Spiritual Provision (Calendar) Sl, its
• The Handbook to Scripture Truth: Words of Admonition, Counsel and Comfort. Toronto, 1893.
• Prayers, Hymns, Catechism, etc.. language crisis. Montreal, 1886.

References

Bibliography

• (In) Barber, F. Luis, James Evans & the Cree Syllabic, Victoria Library Bulletin in Toronto, July 1940, vol. 2, No. 2, 16 p.
• (In) Burwash, Nathaniel, The Gift to a Nation of Written Language, Sl, 1911, 21 p.
• (In) Evans, James, Cree Syllabic Hymn Book, Norway House, 1841, in Bibliographical Society of Canada, Facsim, Series 4, Toronto, 1954, p. 23)
• (In) Ray, Margaret, The James Evans Collection, Victoria Library Bulletin in Toronto, July 1940, vol. 2, No. 2, 16 p.
• (In) Wolfart, H. Christoph, Plains Cree: A Grammatical Study, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, Vol.63, 5, Philadelphia, The American Philosophical Society, 1973 ( ISBN 0-87169-635-5 )

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