Arok Elessar Wolvengrey (; born 2 June 1965 in

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) is a Canadian

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noted for his work with

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languages. Wolvengrey received his bachelor's degree at the

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, his Master's at the

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

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dictionary 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. Along with his wife, Dr. Jean Okimāsis, Wolvengrey published a manual on how to use the standard

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orthography for writing in Plains Cree. , Wolvengrey is Professor of Algonquian Languages and Linguistics in the Department of Indigenous Languages, Arts and Cultures at the

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(FNUniv),

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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. .
New Cree dictionary launched
(University of Regina press release, 15 October 2001)

References

External links

Wolvengrey's biography
at

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