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Chief of the Cree First Nation
'Plains Cree' is an
Algonquian language, often considered a dialect of
Cree, spoken by about 34,000 people in
Manitoba,
Saskatchewan,
Alberta, and
Montana. In the southern parts of its territory it is now spoken only by older people, but in the northern parts use of the language remains vigorous.
References
★ Wolfart, H. Christoph. (1973). ''Plains Cree: a Grammatical Study''. American Philosophical Society Transactions n.s. 63, pt. 5. Philadelphia.
★ Wolfart, H. Christoph. (1996). Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language. In ''Handbook of North American Indians'', ed. by Ives Goddard, Vol. 17: 390-439.
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The Student's Dictionary of Literary Plains Cree, Based on Contemporary Texts, Wolfart, H. Christoph, and Freda Ahenakew, , , Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics Memoirs 15. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Linguistics Department, 1998, ISBN 0-921064-15-2
External links
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Language Geek: Cree
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Plains Cree - Y dialect