Editing Cree language (section)

==Contact languages==

Cree is also a component language in at least five [[mixed language|contact language]]s: Michif, Northern Michif, Bungi, Oji-Cree, and Nehipwat. Michif and Bungi are spoken by members of the [[Métis]], and historically by some [[Voyageurs]] and European settlers of Western [[Canada]] and in parts of the Northern [[United States]].  Nehipwat and [[Oji-Cree language|Oji-Cree]] are blends of Cree with Assiniboine (Nehipwat) and Ojibwe (Oji-Cree).

[[Michif language|Michif]] is a [[mixed language]] which combines Cree with [[French language|French]]. For the most part, Michif uses Cree [[verbs]], question words, and [[demonstrative]]s while using French [[nouns]]. Michif is unique to the Canadian prairie provinces as well as to [[North Dakota]] and [[Montana]] in the United States.<ref name="Bakker and Papen1">Bakker and Papen p. 295</ref> Michif is still spoken in central Canada and in North Dakota.

[[Bungi creole|Bungi]] is a creole based on [[Scottish English]], [[Scots language|Scots]], [[Scottish Gaelic]], Cree, and [[Ojibwe language|Ojibwe]].<ref name="Bakker and Papen2">Bakker and Papen p. 304</ref> Some French words have also been incorporated into its [[lexicon]]. This language flourished at and around the [[Red River Colony|Red River Settlement]] (the modern-day location of [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]]) by the mid- to late-1800s.<ref name= "Carter">Carter p. 63</ref> Bungi is now virtually [[extinct language|extinct]], as its features are being abandoned in favour of standard English.<ref name="Bakker and Papen2" /><ref>Blain. (1989: 15)</ref>

Cree has also been incorporated into another mixed language within Canada, Nehipwat, which is a blending of Cree with [[Assiniboine language|Assiniboine]]. Nehipwat is found only in a few southern [[Saskatchewan]] reserves and is now [[moribund language|nearing extinction]]. Nothing is known of its structure.<ref name="Bakker and Papen3">Bakker and Papen p. 305</ref>