Defining and Preserving the Well-Being of the Cree: waamistikushiiu v. miyupimaatisiiun

Definition and Maintenance of Cree's Happiness: waamistikushiiu v.miyupimaatisiiun For the Creeans, health is more than an individual's physiological function. Health is defined by miyupimaatisiiun, a complex term that refers to the rich connection between an individual and his community and his natural environment. Miyupimaatisiiun can be interpreted as "lucky" including the safety and security of members of family, friends, tribe, and resources that Cree relies on to survive.

Plains Cree (formerly known as ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ nēhiyawēwin) is the dialect of Algonquian language, Cree, Canada's most populous language. Unlike the Montagnais language, Plain Cree may be regarded as a Cree-Montagnais language dialect or Cree language dialect. Plain Cree is one of the five major dialects of Creele in the second sense. Also, Woods Cree, Swampy Cree, Moose Cree, Atikamekw are one of them. The Cree dialect is less preferred than others, but Plain Cree is the most widely used dialect. Among the 80,000 speakers of Cree, the Plain Cree dialect is mainly used by approximately 34,000 people in Saskatchewan and Alberta states, Manitoba and Montana provinces. Along with the increase in the social pressures of using English, this figure is decreasing and many Cree children are not fluent in teaching Cree. However, these people mainly consist of elders, the scale of which is shrinking.

Plain Cree is one of the dialects of Cree-Montagnais. The table below shows common Cree words and corresponding words from other Cree dialects. You can see many similarities and some differences. In some cases, the only difference is spelling. Plain Cree has several regular sounds consistent with other Cree-Montagnais dialects. Regarding language classification, the Eastern Cree dialect shown in these tables is the dialect of Montagnais.

The continuum of the Cree dialect is usually divided into two languages: Cree and Montane. Cree contains all dialects that have not experienced sound changes (BC - QC), while Montagene includes the field (QC - NL) where this sound change occurs. From a linguistic point of view, these tags are very useful, but it is confusing because East Cree is eligible to become Montagnais. For practical purposes, Cree covers dialects that normally use syllables as its spelling (except for Atikamekw but excluding Kawawachikamach Naskapi), and the term Montagnais applies to dialects that use Latin (except Atikamekw Including Kawawachikamach Naskapi). The term Nascapi usually refers to the Kawai Watikama (y dialect) and Natashish (n dialect)