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Cree Language is a Dialect of Ojibway Language


It is one of many dialects of Ojibway Language. Cree Language Dialect of Ojibway, has more speakers than all other dialects of Ojibway. Cree Dialect is spoken in Canada and for some reason in Montana. According to recent estimates, total number of speakers of Cree is 117,000. However, most don't speak it daily. It is spoken in Labrador, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia and Northwest Territories. In Montana, whites have corrupted Chippewa's of Rocky Boy Reservation. They revitalized Cree at Rocky Boy Reservation. Their ancestors spoke Saulteaux Dialect of Ojibway Language. For some reason, Oji-Cree dialect of Ojibway, is spoken west and north of James Bay.



Ojibway People called these Ojibway's Kinishtino. It may mean "Like and Equal as in Same People." In Ojibway, their word for "Like and Equal" is di-no, which almost sounds identical to "ti-no." Word for "Long and Tall" in Ojibway is gi-nos, which is rudimentary in trying to discover what "Kinishtino" means. So Gi-nos Di-no could conceal it's origins. What does it mean? Possibly "Same Tall People." Cree is a derogatory name. It may be derived from "Creole" or from "Kwe" which means "woman" in Ojibway. Anyway, Cree Dialect of Ojibway Language is doing far better than all other Ojibway Language Dialects.





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