Language code: cr
Technical information about ISO 639 language code cr
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The table below provides technical details for the Cree language, designated by the cr code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Cree Native ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ |
| Family | Algic |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Plains CreeWoods CreeSwampy CreeMoose CreeEast CreeAtikamekwNaskapi |
| Related languages | Innu (Montagnais)OjibweMeskwaki (Fox)PotawatomiMenominee |
| Key facts | Written in both Cree syllabics and a standardized Latin alphabetPart of the Algonquian branch of the Algic language familyOne of the most widely spoken Indigenous languages of North AmericaHighly polysynthetic—single verbs often encode what would be full sentences in EnglishNouns are classified as animate or inanimate rather than by grammatical gender. |
| Sample phrase | ᑖᓂᓯ, ᑳᐃᓯ ᑮᔮᐣ? |
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Cree belongs to the Algic language family. It is officially used in the Northwest Territories and recognized as a minority language in Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. It is written using the Latin script. It is estimated that there are more than 90,000 speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
Speakers
90K
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Cree speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ