Arok Wolvengrey is a linguist

Linguistics

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 noted for his work with Amerindian languages.

According to the University of Regina

University of Regina

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 General Calendar, Wolvengrey received his Bachelor's Degree at the University of Saskatchewan

University of Saskatchewan

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, and his Master's at the University of Winnipeg

University of Winnipeg

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On 15 October 2001, Wolvengrey published what is regarded as the most extensive Cree

Cree language

Cree is an Algonquian language spoken by approximately 117,000 people across Canada, from the Northwest Territories and Alberta to Labrador, making it the aboriginal language with the highest number of speakers in Canada. It is also spoken in the U.S. state of Montana...

–English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 dictionary

Dictionary

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 to date. The two-volume work, titled ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ: ᐃᑗᐏᓇ / nēhiýawēwin: itwēwina / Cree: Words, includes 15 000 Cree-to-English and 35 000 English-to-Cree entries.

, Wolvengrey teaches and serves as Coordinator of Linguistics at the Department of Indian Languages, Literatures and Linguistics at the First Nations University of Canada

First Nations University of Canada

The First Nations University of Canada is a university in Saskatchewan, Canada with campuses in Regina, Saskatoon, and Prince Albert...

 (FNUC), University of Regina

University of Regina

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 campus. His regularly offered classes focus on syntax and the languages of the Americas.

Literature

• Wolvengrey, Arok, ed. ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ: ᐃᑗᐏᓇ / nēhiýawēwin: itwēwina/Cree: Words. Canadian Plains Research Center, 15 October 2001. ISBN 0-88977-127-8.
• New Cree dictionary launched (University of Regina press release, 15 October 2001)