Cree language

Cree (also known as Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi) is a dialect continuum of Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 117,000 people across Canada, 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.

Endonyms are:

* nêhiyawêwin ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ (Plains Cree)

* nīhithawīwin ᓃᐦᐃᖬᐑᐏᐣ (Woods Cree)

* nêhinawêwin ᓀᐦᐃᓇᐌᐎᐣ (Western Swampy Cree)

* ininîmowin ᐃᓂᓃᒧᐎᓐ (Eastern Swampy Cree)

* ililîmowin ᐃᓕᓖᒧᐎᓐ (Moose Cree)

* iyiniu-Ayamiwin ᐄᓅ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ (Southern East Cree)

* iyiyiu-Ayamiwin ᐄᔨᔫ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ (Northern East Cree)

* nehirâmowin (Atikamekw)