Canadian Aboriginal syllabics
The Canadian syllabary (Canadian Aboriginal symbol ) is a writing system that is used in various forms for a larger part of the indigenous languages of Canada. They were developed from the resulting in the 19th century Cree font.
History
The Cree script was developed 1840-1846 in collaboration of the Methodist missionary James Evans with the indigenous Cree and Ojibwe in Norway House on Hudson Bay for the Cree language, Ojibwe Language and other Algonquian languages of Canada. Today it is - use for Cree, Inuktitut, Blackfoot and Ojibwa - depending on the language even in a modified form.
Properties
As in the Latin alphabet words are written from left to right.
Peculiarity of the Cree writing is that most dialects can be written with only twelve basic signs. These will vary depending on the vowel syllable rotated in four directions (see also: Abugida ).
The font is added to U 167 F in Unicode under the name Unified Canadian Aboriginal syllabics in the range U 1400.