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LingoBear creates short Cree passages on topics you choose. Tap any word for an instant English translation and build your vocabulary as you read. Algonquian language continuum spoken across Canada, written in Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics (Cree script) or Latin Standard Roman Orthography, ~96,000 speakers.

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Is Cree one language or many?

Cree is best understood as a dialect continuum of Algonquian varieties stretching from Labrador to Alberta, including Plains Cree (Y-dialect), Woods Cree (Th), Swampy Cree (N), Moose Cree (L), Atikamekw and East Cree. About 96,000 people across Canada speak Cree varieties, making it among the most widely spoken Indigenous language groups in North America.

How is Cree written?

Cree uses two main writing systems. Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics, devised by James Evans in the 1840s, encodes consonant-vowel combinations with rotated shapes (ᐊ /a/, ᐃ /i/, ᐅ /o/, ᐁ /e/) and is widely used in Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec. The Standard Roman Orthography (SRO) uses the Latin alphabet with hâcek marks for long vowels and is common in Saskatchewan and Alberta.