Cree syllabics

Cree syllabics
An unpointed inscription in Plains Cree, using the conventions of Western Cree syllabics. The text transliterates to
Êwako oma asiniwi mênikan kiminawak
ininiwak manitopa kaayacik. Êwakwanik oki
kanocihtacik asiniwiatoskiininiw kakiminihcik
omêniw. Akwani mitahtomitanaw askiy asay
êatoskêcik ota manitopa.
Script type
Time period
1840s–present
LanguagesCree, Naskapi, Ojibwe/Chippewa[1]
Related scripts
Parent systems
Unicode
U+1400–U+167F Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics,
U+18B0–U+18FF Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended
 This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.
A proof from freshly made Cree typeface

Cree syllabics are the versions of Canadian Aboriginal syllabics used to write Cree dialects, including the original syllabics system created for Cree and Ojibwe. There are two main varieties of syllabics for Cree: Western Cree syllabics and Eastern Cree syllabics. Syllabics were later adapted to several other languages.[2] It is estimated that over 70,000 Algonquian-speaking people use the script, from Saskatchewan in the west to Hudson Bay in the east, the US border to Mackenzie and Kewatin (the Northwest Territories and Nunavut) in the north.[3]

  1. ^ ScriptSource.org
  2. ^ Nichols, John (1996). "The Cree Syllabary". In Peter Daniels (ed.). The World's Writing Systems. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 599–611.
  3. ^ Campbell, George (1991). Compendium of the World's Languages, 2nd ed. pp. 422–428.

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