Algic · ISO 639-3 crk
Plains Cree Language
Plains Cree is an Algic language spoken by about 34,000 people in 1 country. It is written in the UCAS and Latin scripts.
Where Plains Cree is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Plains Cree
Language family
- Algic
- Algonquian-Blackfoot
- Algonquian
- Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi
- Cree
- Plains Creeic
- Plains Cree
Writing system
UCAS and Latin scripts
About the Plains Cree language
Plains Cree is spoken by about 34,000 people, which makes it the 536th most spoken language in the world — just behind Noon (38,000) and ahead of Bassari (33,600). It belongs to the Algic language family and, more precisely, to the Plains Creeic group within the Algonquian branch.
Where is Plains Cree spoken?
Plains Cree is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Canada (12,802).
Plains Cree is not a national official language anywhere. It also has regional official status in Canada.
Writing system and status
Plains Cree is written in the UCAS and Latin scripts. Glottolog classifies it as moribund, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 crk.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.