Canadian Aboriginal syllabics

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abugida syllabary writing system family

Canadian Aboriginal syllabics is a family of indigenous writing systems used primarily to represent various First Nations and Inuit languages in Canada, notable for its distinctive syllable-based characters.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Inuktitut syllabics 4
Eastern Cree syllabics 2
Western Cree syllabics 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf abugida ⓘ
syllabary ⓘ
writing system family ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
creator James Evans ⓘ
creatorCountryOfActivity Canada ⓘ
creatorOccupation Methodist missionary ⓘ
linguist ⓘ
dateOfCreation 1840s ⓘ
developedFor First Nations languages ⓘ
Inuit languages ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock Unicode Character Database ⓘ
surface form: Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics

Canadian Aboriginal syllabics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended
hasVariant Canadian Aboriginal syllabics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Blackfoot syllabics

Canadian Aboriginal syllabics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Carrier syllabics

Canadian Aboriginal syllabics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Cree syllabics

Canadian Aboriginal syllabics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Inuktitut syllabics

Canadian Aboriginal syllabics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics

Canadian Aboriginal syllabics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Western Cree syllabics
influencedBy Pitman shorthand ⓘ
missionary pedagogical methods ⓘ
ISO15924Code Cans ⓘ
notableCharacteristic consonant shape combined with vowel orientation ⓘ
distinctive syllable-based characters ⓘ
orientation of glyph indicates vowel ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Red River Colony ⓘ
Rupert's Land ⓘ
primaryUserGroup Cree peoples ⓘ
Dene peoples ⓘ
Inuit ⓘ
surface form: Inuit peoples

Anishinabek ⓘ
surface form: Ojibwe peoples
recognizedIn Canada ⓘ
scriptDirection left-to-right ⓘ
UnicodeScriptProperty Aboriginal peoples of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Canadian_Aboriginal
usedFor Blackfoot language ⓘ
Carrier language ⓘ
Cree language ⓘ
Dene languages ⓘ
Inuktitut language ⓘ
Oji-Cree ⓘ
surface form: Oji-Cree language

Ojibwe ⓘ
surface form: Ojibwe language

educational materials ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
secular texts ⓘ
usedIn Canada ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ
writingSystemFamily indigenous North American scripts ⓘ
writingSystemStatus active ⓘ
writingSystemType syllable-based ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cree language → hasScriptVariant → Canadian Aboriginal syllabics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Cree syllabics
Cree language → hasScriptVariant → Canadian Aboriginal syllabics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Cree syllabics
Canadian Aboriginal syllabics → hasUnicodeBlock → Canadian Aboriginal syllabics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended
Canadian Aboriginal syllabics → hasVariant → Canadian Aboriginal syllabics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
Canadian Aboriginal syllabics → hasVariant → Canadian Aboriginal syllabics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Cree syllabics
Canadian Aboriginal syllabics → hasVariant → Canadian Aboriginal syllabics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Cree syllabics
Canadian Aboriginal syllabics → hasVariant → Canadian Aboriginal syllabics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inuktitut syllabics
Canadian Aboriginal syllabics → hasVariant → Canadian Aboriginal syllabics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carrier syllabics
Canadian Aboriginal syllabics → hasVariant → Canadian Aboriginal syllabics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blackfoot syllabics
Cree language → hasWritingSystem → Canadian Aboriginal syllabics ⓘ
Indigenous languages of Canada → hasWritingSystem → Canadian Aboriginal syllabics ⓘ
Indigenous languages of Canada → hasWritingSystem → Canadian Aboriginal syllabics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inuktitut syllabics
Inuktitut → hasWritingSystem → Canadian Aboriginal syllabics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inuktitut syllabics
Cree → languageScript → Canadian Aboriginal syllabics ⓘ
Inuktitut → usesScript → Canadian Aboriginal syllabics ⓘ
Aivilimmiutut → writingSystem → Canadian Aboriginal syllabics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inuktitut syllabics
Algonquian languages → writingSystem → Canadian Aboriginal syllabics ⓘ
Atikamekw language → writingSystem → Canadian Aboriginal syllabics ⓘ
Eskimo–Aleut languages → writingSystem → Canadian Aboriginal syllabics ⓘ
Naskapi language → writingSystem → Canadian Aboriginal syllabics ⓘ
Sauk language → writingSystem → Canadian Aboriginal syllabics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Lakes Algonquian syllabary