Eastern Cree syllabics
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Eastern Cree syllabics are a variant of Canadian Aboriginal syllabics used to write all the Cree dialects from Moosonee, Ontario to Kawawachikamach on the Quebec–Labrador border in Canada that use syllabics.
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Eastern Cree syllabics | |
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Script type | |
Time period | 1850s-present |
Languages | East Cree, Moose Cree, Naskapi |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Western Cree
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Child systems | Ojibwe, Inuktitut |
ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Cans (440), Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics |
Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Canadian Aboriginal |
Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics, U+1400–167F (chart) | |
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. |
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Cree syllabics uses different glyphs to indicate consonants, and changes the orientation of these glyphs to indicate the vowel that follows it. The basic principles of Canadian syllabic writing are outlined in the article for Canadian Aboriginal syllabics.
In this article, Cree words and sounds will transcribed using the Standard Roman Orthography.