Eastern Cree syllabics

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.

Eastern Cree syllabics
Script type
Time period
1850s-present
LanguagesEast Cree, Moose Cree, Naskapi
Related scripts
Parent systems
Western Cree
  • Eastern Cree syllabics
Child systems
Ojibwe, Inuktitut
ISO 15924
ISO 15924Cans (440), Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
Unicode
Unicode alias
Canadian Aboriginal
Unicode range
Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics, U+1400–167F (chart)

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.

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