1. Family: Algic
  2. Genus: Algonquian

Cree (Eastern)

WALS coordinates: 51° N, 74° W

spoken in Canada

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Cree
Routledge:
  • East Cree
Other:
  • Eastern Cree
ISO 639-3:

Features

Feature Value References
Nominal Categories
Position of Case Affixes Case suffixes
Word Order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb No dominant order
Order of Subject and Verb No dominant order
Order of Object and Verb VO
Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb No dominant order
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase Postpositions
Order of Demonstrative and Noun Demonstrative-Noun
Position of Polar Question Particles Second position
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase VO and Postpositions
Simple Clauses
Alignment of Case Marking of Full Noun Phrases Neutral
Alignment of Case Marking of Pronouns Neutral
Expression of Pronominal Subjects Subject clitics on variable host
Reciprocal Constructions Distinct from reflexive
Negative Morphemes Negative particle
Polar Questions Question particle
Lexicon
Numeral Bases Decimal
Number of Non-Derived Basic Colour Categories 5
Number of Basic Colour Categories 4.5-5.5
Green and Blue Yellow/green vs. blue
Red and Yellow Yellow/green vs. red