加拿大原住民音節文字

加拿大原住民音節文字（，），是一系列的音節文字，用於書寫幾種加拿大境内原住民語言，這些語言分別屬於阿爾岡昆語族、愛斯基摩－阿留申語系和德內語支。目前該文字通行的地區以加拿大北方的努納福特為主，並同時與拉丁字母一起並列使用。

基本造字原則

元音旋轉
如果一組音節有相同的聲母，而聲母後的元音不同，那麽就通過旋轉字符表示元音差異。比如。
{|
| || ᐃ || ||   || || i || ||       
| || ᐱ || ||   || || pi || ||       
| || ᑎ || || || || ti ||
|-
| ᐊ || || ᐅ || || a || || o ||  
| ᐸ || || ᐳ || || pa || || po ||  
| ᑕ || || ᑐ || || ta || || to
|-
| || ᐁ || || || || e || ||  
| || ᐯ || || || || pe || ||  
| || ᑌ || || || || te ||
|}

{|
| ᑭ || ᑫ ||   || ki || ke ||  
| ᒋ || ᒉ ||   || ci || ce ||
| ᒥ || ᒣ ||   || mi || me ||
| ᓂ || ᓀ ||   || ni || ne ||
| ᓯ || ᓭ ||   || si || se ||
| ᔨ || ᔦ ||   || yi || ye ||
|-
| ᑲ || ᑯ ||   || ka || ko ||    
| ᒐ || ᒍ ||   || ca || co ||    
| ᒪ || ᒧ ||   || ma || mo ||    
| ᓇ || ᓄ ||   || na || no ||    
| ᓴ || ᓱ ||   || sa || so ||    
| ᔭ || ᔪ ||   || ya || yo ||    
|}

歷史
19世紀英國傳教士、語言學家受天城文和速記法的啓發發明了這套文字。

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ 天城文起源
!colspan=3|天城文!!colspan=2|克里文
|-
|colspan=5|音節
|-
|प ||pa||प्ठ||ᐸ||pa/ba
|-
| ट ||ţa||टठ||ᑕ||ta/da
|-
|ज ||ja||ज्ठ||ᒐ||cha/ja
|-
|ग ||ga||ग्ठ||ᑯ||ko/go
|-
|म ||ma||म्ठ||ᒪ||ma
|-
|न ||na||न्ठ||ᓂ||ne
|-
|स ||sa||स्ठ||ᓴ||sa*
|-
|य ||ya||य्ठ||ᔪ||yo
|-
|colspan=5|韻尾
|-
|ल ||la||ल्ठ||ᓫ||-l
|-
|र ||ra|| – ||ᕑ||-r
|-
|व ||va/wa||व्ठ||ᐤ||-w
|-
|ः ||-h||ठः||ᐦ||-h
|}

其他韻尾字符則來自：
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ 韻尾的必文速記符起源
! style="width:4em;" | 韻尾輔音
! style="width:4em;" | 必文速記符
! style="width:4em;" | 克里文
|-
| -p
| ᐠ
| ᑊ
|-
| -t
| ᑊ
| ᐟ
|-
| -c
| ᐟ
| ᐨ
|-
| -k
| ᐨ
| ᐠ
|-
| -m
| ᐢ
| ᒼ
|-
| -n
| ᐡ
| ᐣ
|-
| -s
| ᐣ
| ᐢ
|-
| -i (-y)
| ·
| ·
|}

各語言的字符

東克里語

因紐特語

Unicode加拿大原住民音節文字

注释

參考文獻

Comrie, Bernard. 2005. "Writing systems." Martin Haspelmath, Matthew Dryer, David Gile, Bernard Comrie,  eds. The world atlas of language structures, 568-570. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-925591-1
Murdoch, John. 1981. Syllabics: A successful educational innovation. MEd thesis, University of Manitoba
Nichols, John. 1996. “The Cree syllabary.” Peter Daniels and William Bright, eds. The world’s writing systems, 599-611. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-507993-0

外部連結

 Language Geek: All About Syllabics
 Carrier Writing Systems
 Paper on Carrier Syllabics
 Cree legend describing origins of syllabics
 Description of Evans' manner of casting type at the Rossville mission
 Methodist Bible in Cree syllabics

字體下載

 Tiro Typeworks. Syllabics fonts for several languages.
 Language Geek. Syllabics fonts for several languages.
 Eastern James Bay syllabic fonts and typing packages. Includes links to free Unicode fonts compatible for East Cree spelling, a talking syllabic chart (complete with sounds) and more information about fonts in use in Eastern James Bay Cree communities.
 Noto Sans Canadian Aboriginal

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