Editing Cree language (section)

==Phonology==
This table shows the possible consonant phonemes in the Cree language or one of its varieties.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Consonant phonemes
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![[Bilabial consonant|Bilabial]]
![[Dental consonant|Dental]]
![[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
![[Postalveolar consonant|Post-<br />alveolar]]
![[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
![[Velar consonant|Velar]]
![[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
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![[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
| {{IPA link|m}} {{angbr|m}}
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| {{IPA link|n}} {{angbr|n/ñ/ń}}
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![[Plosive]]
| {{IPA link|p}} {{angbr|p}}
| {{IPA link|t}} {{angbr|t}}
| {{IPA link|t͡s}}~{{IPA link|t͡ʃ}} {{angbr|c}}
| {{IPA link|t͡ʃ}} {{angbr|ch/tc/č}}
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| {{IPA link|k}} {{angbr|k}}
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![[Fricative]]
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| {{IPA link|ð}} {{angbr|th}}
| {{IPA link|s}}~{{IPA link|ʃ}} {{angbr|s}}
| {{IPA link|ʃ}} {{angbr|sh/c/š}}
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| {{IPA link|h}} {{angbr|h}}
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![[Approximant]]
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| {{IPA link|ɹ}} {{angbr|r}}
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| {{IPA link|j}} {{angbr|y/i/ý}}
| {{IPA link|w}} {{angbr|w}}
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![[lateral consonant|Lateral]]
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| {{IPA link|l}} {{angbr|l}}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Vowels
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! colspan="2" | [[Front vowel|Front]]
! colspan="2" | [[Central vowel|Central]]
! colspan="2" | [[Back vowel|Back]]
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! [[Close vowel|Close]]
| {{IPA link|ɪ}} {{angbr|i}}
| {{IPA link|iː}} {{angbr|ii/ī/î}}
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| rowspan="2" | {{IPA link|o}}~{{IPA link|ʊ}} {{angbr|u\o}}
| rowspan="2" | {{IPA link|oː}}~{{IPA link|uː}} {{angbr|uu/ū/û                                                       \ ō/ô}}
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! [[Mid vowel|Mid]]
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| {{IPA link|eː}} {{angbr|e/ē/ê}}
| {{IPA link|ə}} {{angbr|a}}
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! [[Open vowel|Open]]
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| {{IPA link|aː}} {{angbr|aa/ā/â}}
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In dictionaries focused on Eastern Swampy Cree, Western Swampy Cree may readily substitute {{angbr|sh}} with {{angbr|s}}, while Lowland Moose Cree may readily substitute {{angbr|ñ}} with their {{angbr|l}}. In dictionaries focused on Southern Plains Cree, Northern Plains Cree may readily substitute {{angbr|ē}} with {{angbr|ī}}, while materials accommodating Rocky Cree will indicate the Plains Cree {{IPA|[j]}} that is {{IPA|[ð]}} in Rocky Cree as {{angbr|ý}}. Similarly, in dictionaries focused on Western Swampy Cree, Woods Cree may readily substitute {{angbr|ē}} with {{angbr|ī}}, while materials accommodating Woods Cree will indicate the Western Swampy Cree {{IPA|[n]}} that is {{IPA|[ð]}} in Woods Cree as {{angbr|ń}}. Atikamekw uses {{angbr|c}} [{{IPA|ʃ}}], {{angbr|tc}} [{{IPA|t͡ʃ}}], and {{angbr|i}} [{{IPA|j}}] (which also serves as {{angbr|i}} [{{IPA|i}}]).  Eastern James Bay Cree prefers to indicate long vowels (other than {{IPA|[eː]}}) by doubling the vowel, while the western Cree use either a [[Macron (diacritic)|macron]] or [[circumflex]] diacritic; as {{IPA|[eː]}} is always long, often it is written as just {{angbr|e}} without doubling or using a diacritic. While Western Cree dialects make use of {{angbr|o}} and either {{angbr|ō}} or {{angbr|ô}}, Eastern Cree dialects instead make use of {{angbr|u}} and either {{angbr|uu}}, {{angbr|ū}}, or {{angbr|û}}.