Western Cree syllabics

Western Cree syllabics
Script type
Time period
1840s-present
LanguagesPlains Cree, Woods Cree, western dialects of Swampy Cree
Related scripts
Parent systems
Devanagari, Pitman Shorthand (disputed)
  • Western Cree syllabics
Child systems
Eastern Cree, Blackfoot, Slavey, Dogrib, Beaver, Sayisi (Chipewyan), Carrier
ISO 15924
ISO 15924Cans (440), ​Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
Unicode
Unicode alias
Canadian Aboriginal
Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics, U+1400–167F (chart)
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Western Cree syllabics are a variant of Canadian Aboriginal syllabics used to write Plains Cree, Woods Cree and the western dialects of Swampy Cree. It is used for all Cree dialects west of approximately the ManitobaOntario border in Canada, as opposed to Eastern Cree syllabics. It is also occasionally used by a few Cree speakers in the United States.