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.
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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The primary difference between eastern and western Cree orthographies is the shape of the final consonants. Eastern Cree dialects write finals with a superscripted a-syllabic. ᒫᔅᑰᒡ /māskōc/ has two finals, ᔅ /s/ and ᒡ /c/. Other differences are placing the diacritic for labialization before rather than after the letter—ᑖᐺ /tāpwē/,—and several additional series for consonants not found in Western Cree.
* The glyphs for v \ f and th are rare and used only in words borrowed from other languages. However, the
Inuktitut adaptation of Eastern Cree syllabics commonly uses the Eastern Cree v \ f set as their v set.
Other finals: