Writing Systems

Swampy CreeinUnified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics

csw·CansSyllabaryMultiple-source attestation (MAIN)

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Swampy Cree: character repertoire and typing resources

CLDR 48.0.0 lists these exemplar characters for locale csw in Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics. This is a repertoire, not an ordered alphabet, pronunciation guide or claim about official usage.

This locale repertoire is one writing convention, not every regional or historical orthography.

Why this locale matches this record

Exact ISO 639-3 locale identifier

Pinned CLDR likelySubtags entry csw → csw-Cans-CA; identifies this locale's default convention, not a language-wide usage ranking

Pinned commit: 4d06be52b51bb2f75688d0abe55c52a66afed790. Source SHA-256: 0e2b6d73280ed24dfed5c340dda532cc8d59ce6dc06d00e0bf7550a35f3c60a6.

A cell can contain a combining mark or a multi-character string. Its inspection link opens the first code point; it does not imply the sequence is one encoded character.

Additional exemplar characters

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How can I type and display this language?

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Language-specific running-text sample: not yet available in this record. Characters above come from the cited repertoire, not a generated translation.

Source: CLDR 48.0.0, csw characters · Unicode Licence v3 · retrieved 2026-10-28. Methodology and limitations.

Language
ISO 639-3cswStatusLivingScopeIndividualScripts used2
Also written in:
Latin (Latn)
Script
ISO 15924CansFamilyIndigenous North AmericanOriginNorth AmericaDirectionLeft-to-rightStatusLiving scriptOpenType tagcans

Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics, developed by missionary James Evans c. 1840 for Cree. Adapted for Ojibwe, Inuktitut, Blackfoot, and other Indigenous languages of Canada.

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