Spelling East Cree (Southern) – ᐃ, ᐄ and ᔨ

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Dialect Differences
• ᒋᐦᑲᔥᑖᑲᓐᐦ The Use of Dots
• Syllabic Finals
  • Small syllabic symbols at the end of the word
  • No ᒻ or ᓐ in the middle of a word
  • ᒃ and ᒄ at the end of a word
  • How the small syllabic symbols change when an ending is added
  • ᔅ and ᔥ
  • ᔦᐦᔦᐧᐋᑲᓐ The use of the ᐦ (h) final
    • ᐦ in the middle of a word
    • ᐦ at the end of a word
    • Locative suffix
    • ᐦ (h) in verb suffixes
  • Large syllabic symbols that sound like finals
• ᐃ, ᐄ and ᔨ
  • ᐃ or ᔨ at the end of words
  • ᐄ and ᐃ in the middle of a word
  • Using ᔨ
  • New spelling for ᑖᐤ and ᑕᑯᓐ, ᑐᑕᒻ and ᑐᑕᐧᐁᐤ
• Syllabic symbols not to forget to write
• Adding endings to nouns and verbs
• Boundaries
  • Adding a personal prefix
  • Using preverbs
  • Making compound words
• New spellings as of summer 2015
• Punctuation
• Writing Names
• Standard Roman Orthography (SRO)