Cree syllabics

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	Abugida
Time period	1840s–present
Languages	Cree, Naskapi, Ojibwe/Chippewa
Related scripts
Parent systems	Devanagari, Pitman shorthand Cree syllabics;
Unicode
Unicode range	U+1400–U+167F Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics,; U+18B0–U+18FF Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended
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This article contains Canadian Aboriginal syllabic characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of syllabics.

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]

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