We don’t use syllabics in this course, but you may want to use them during your own language journey. This video goes over the basics of how to form nêhiyawêwin words using syllabics instead of the Standard Cree Alphabet (SCA).
Video M1 Extension: cahkipêhikanak/syllabics (15:16 min)
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Syllabic chart
From the First Nations University of Canada
More resources on syllabics
Origins of syllabics? A contested history:
https://creeliteracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/calling-badger.pdf
An interactive syllabic chart with audio courtesy of Lac La Ronge Indian Band. This chart includes the symbols with TH sounds as Lac La Ronge uses this dialect:
https://learncree.ca/syllabic-chart
Elder Jerry Saddleback wrote a little song to help memorize the sound of syllabics. Here you can find the chart he uses and hear the song sung by Wayne Jackson:
Also from Lac La Ronge is this syllabic matching game. You drag and drop the syllabics into the boxes below, matching symbols to sounds, and then submit to find out if you’ve done it correctly!