Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics

ISO 15924: CansSyllabary24 total languages
IANA registered: 16 October 2005

Example text

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Writing Direction
Direction
Left-to-right
RTL
No
Vertical tradition
None / unusual
Source
Unicode CLDR scriptMetadata.txt
LTR value derived from Unicode CLDR script metadata.
Script Properties
Family
Indigenous North American
Geographic origin
North America
Usage status
Living script
OpenType tag
cans
Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics, developed by missionary James Evans c. 1840 for Cree. Adapted for Ojibwe, Inuktitut, Blackfoot, and other Indigenous languages of Canada.

Unicode Blocks

Unified Canadian Aboriginal SyllabicsU+1400Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics ExtendedU+18B0

2 Unicode blocks contain Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics characters. Browse all Unicode blocks →

The lists below count source attestation, not current or official usage. A language can appear under several scripts. Sources, denominators and limitations.

Language-specific characters and typing resources

A script does not have one alphabet shared by every language. Compare these directly sourced CLDR locale repertoires.

Multiple-source attestation (MAIN)
23

Siksika
bla
Southern Carrier
caf
Chipewyan
chp
Chippewa
ciw
Cree
cre
Southern East Cree
crj
Plains Cree
crk
Northern East Cree
crl
Moose Cree
crm
Carrier
crx
Swampy Cree
csw
Woods Cree
cwd
Slavey
den
Eastern Canadian Inuktitut
ike
Inuinnaqtun
ikt
Inuktitut
iku
Naskapi
nsk
Northwestern Ojibwa
ojb
Ojibwa
oji
Severn Ojibwa
ojs
Western Ojibwa
ojw
North Slavey
scs
Sekani
sek

Single-source attestation (AUX)
1

Beaver
beaSingle source