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Name:
Woods Cree
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Cree; Cree, Woods
Spoken in:
Canada
Number of speakers:
35,000 (1982 SIL). All Cree L1 speakers in Canada 97,230 (2001 census). Ethnic population: 53,000 (1982 SIL)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
9095
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
35000
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
cwd
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Algic (Algonquian-Wiyot-Yurok, Algonquian-Ritwan)
Parent Subgroup:
Cree (cree)
Brief Description:
"Woods Cree is the variety of Cree spoken in communities in the forested interior of northwestern Manitoba and east-central Saskatchewan." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 25
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Woods Cree
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