Language code: cr

Technical information about ISO 639 language code cr

The table below provides technical details for the Cree language, designated by the cr code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

cr

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?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

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

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Cree speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

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