ᑖᓂᓯ!
say it: “TAH-nee-see”
Cree
in its own words: ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ
- Speakers
- 96 thousand (estimate)
- Family
- Algic
- Vitality
- Severely endangered
- Where it is spoken
- Canada, United States of America
- Script
- Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
- Official language
- Canada (regional)
Fun fact
Cree is the most widely spoken Indigenous language of Canada. Missionary James Evans created its syllabary around 1840; it was later adapted for Inuktitut.