How do you introduce yourself
Savana Sandstrom nitsikasôn, Birtle Manitoba , ochi Niya
What are the dessert indigenous peoples called
Navaho
What language family does Cree come from
Algonquian
What other languages are in the Algonquin language family
Blackfoot
Cree
Objibway/saulteux/annishinbe/chippewa
Cheyanne
Menominee
How many words does Cree have
About 27,000 words
Explain what the following mean;
Nêhiyawak
Nêhiya
Nêwo
Miyaw
Nêhiyawak- Cree people
Nêhiya- one Cree person
Nêwo- 4
Miyaw- body
Translates to 4 body people
Where is the only surviving band of Cree speakers outside of Canada
Rocky boy reservation-
How many speakers in Canada
90,000 -27% of the Cree population
Name the 5 main dialects
Y dialect - plains Cree.
TH dialect - woodlands Cree
N dialect - swampy Cree
L dialect- moose Cree
R dialect- atehkimêk or whitefish Cree
Where is plains Cree (Y) spoken
Southern Saskatchewan, north western Saskatchewan, northern Alberta
Where is the woods Cree/rocky cree spoken
Northern Manitoba north eastern Saskatchewan
Where is swampy Cree (N) spoken
Northern Ontario northern Manitoba mid eastern Saskatchewan
Where is moose Cree (L) spoken
Western shores of James bay
Moose factory ON
Where is whitefish creee (R) spoken
South western Quebec
How many nations are in Saskatchewan
74 First Nations
49 of them are Cree
3 TH
3 N
43 Y
What are the consonants in Cree
Check-man-post-way
C h k m n p s t w y
What are the short vowels
a, I, o
(uh) (eh) (oh)
What are the long vowels
â î ô ê
(Ayyy) (eeee) (oooo)
Who developed Cree syllabics and when
James Evan’s 1841
What is Ellison
Omission of sound/syllable when speaking
What are minimal pairs
Two words with only me sounds difference
What gender system does Cree follow?
Animacy
Inanimate vs animate
Non living vs living
What endings do you use to make animate nouns plural
ak
wak
What endings do you use for inanimate nouns to pluralize
a
wa
