“The characters in this block are a unification of various local syllabaries of Canada into a single repertoire based on character appearance. The syllabics were invented in the late 1830s by James Evans for Algonquian languages. As other communities and linguistic groups adopted the script, the main structural principles described in this section were adopted. The primary user community for this script consists of several aboriginal groups throughout Canada, including Algonquian, Inuktitut, and Athapascan language families. The script is also used by governmental agencies and in business, education, and media.” - The Unicode Consortium, The Unicode Standard 15.0
Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
A trilingual plaque in English, French and Cree
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Unicode Chart 
Maps
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Data
| Alternate Names | Cree syllbary (syllabaries), Canadian Aboriginal syllabics |
|---|---|
| ISO 15924 | Cans 440 |
| Type | Abugida |
| Family | American |
| Direction | LTR |
| Diacritics | Yes |
| Contextual Forms | No |
| Capitals Used | No |
| Glyphs | 640 |
| Inventor | James Evans |
| Earliest Location | Manitoba, Canada |
| Earliest Date | 1830 CE |
| Latest Date | Present |
| Ancestry |
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Overview
Bibliography
| Author | Year | Publication | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nichols, John | 1996 | The World's Writing Systems, The Cree Syllabary, 599-606 | Oxford University Press |
| Taylor, Ray | 2003 | A brief history of Inuktitut writing culture, Iss. 93, (2003): 68, 70+ | Inuktitut, Toronto |
| The Unicode Consortium | 2022 | The Unicode Standard 15.0, p. 820-831 | The Unicode consortium |