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ᒥᔪᒪᑯᔐᒌᔑᑲᓂᐦᑖᐦ miyumakushechiishikanihtaah

ᒑ ᐧᐄᐦ ᒥᔪᐱᔨᔨᓐ ᒑ ᐅᔅᒋᐱᐳᐦᒡ chaa wiih miyupiyiyin chaa uschipipuhch

Happy new year! Bonne année!

Spelling East Cree (Southern) – ᒋᐦᑲᔥᑖᑲᓐᐦ The Use of Dots

Dots Over a Syllabic Symbol

A dot above a syllabic symbol marks a long vowel. The dot can be used over the ᐃ set, the ᐊ set or the ᐅ set. There is no dot over the ᐁ set.

Short (no dot)		Long (with dot)
i	ᐃᔥᑯᑌᐤ	ᐄᔨᔫ	ii
wi	ᐧᐃᔮᐸᒣᐤ	ᐧᐄᒥᓂᒌ	wii
pi	ᐱᒥᐸᔫ	ᐲᒥᐸᔫ	pii
ti	ᑎᐹᓐ	ᑏᐧᐹᑦ	tii
ki	ᑭᒋᓐ	ᑮᐹ	kii
chi	ᒋᐧᓈᐤ	ᒌᓈᐤ	chii
mi	ᒥᒋᓲ	ᒦᒋᓲ	mii
ni	ᓂᐲ	ᓃᐲᔥ	nii
si	ᓯᔅᒎ	ᓰᐅᑏᔅ	sii
shi	ᔑᑳᒄ	ᔒᑲᐦᐆ	shii
u	ᐅᐦᐸᐦᐆ	ᐆᒉᐤ	uu
pu	ᐳᐧᐋᑌᐤ	ᐴᓃᐤ	puu
tu	ᑐᐧᐋᐤ	ᑑᐦᐋᓐ	tuu
ku	ᑯᑕᐲᐤ	ᑰᓐ	kuu
chu	ᒪᒍᓂᔥ	ᒎᒎᔑᓈᐳᐃ	chuu
mu	ᒧᓵᔅᑰ	ᒨᔅ	muu
nu	ᓄᐧᐁᔅᐧᑫᔫ	ᓅᑕᐦᐊᒻ	nuu
su	ᐱᓱᐦᑌᐤ	ᓲᐦᑲᓐ	suu
shu	ᔑᔓᓀᐤ	ᔔᔔᐦᐧᑫᐤ	shuu
yu	ᒥᔪᔔ	ᔫᑎᓐ	yuu
a	ᐊᒋᒄ	ᐋᐦᒋᒄ	aa
wa	ᐧᐊᒋᔥᒄ	ᐧᐋᐤ	waa
pa	ᐸᐦᑳᓐ	ᐹᐦᑳᓇᒻ	paa
ta	ᑕᐦᒋᓀᐤ	ᑖᐦᒋᓀᐤ	taa
ka	ᑲᔅᑲᒣᒨ	ᑳᔥᑲᐦᐄᑲᓐ	kaa
cha	ᒐᐦᑳᐯᔥ	ᒑᐦᑳᔅᐧᑫᔫ	chaa
ma	ᒪᒋᐸᔫ	ᒫᒋᐸᔫ	maa
na	ᓇᒋᐸᔫ	ᓈᓯᐯᐤ	naa
sa	ᓴᑲᐧᐯᐤ	ᓵᒉᐧᐁᔮᐸᒣᐤ	saa
sha	ᔕᐦᐧᑫᔨᒣᐤ	ᔖᐦᐧᑫᐦᐄᑲᓐ	shaa
ya	ᔭᐦᒋᔥᑲᒻ	ᔮᔦᐤ	yaa

Dots in Front of Syllabic Symbol

Dots are written before a syllabic symbol and indicate a w sound before the vowel, or between the consonant and the following vowel.

No w-dot in front		w-dot in front
e	ᐁᔥᒄ	ᐧᐁᔥᑲᒡ	we
a	ᐊᒋᑳᔥ	ᐧᐊᒋᔥᒄ	wa
i	ᐃᔦᔅᑯᐴ	ᐧᐃᔦᔥ	wi
ii	ᐄᐹᑎᓐ	ᐧᐄᐸᒡ	wii
aa	ᐋᐸᑎᓐ	ᐧᐋᐸᓐ	waa
pe	ᐯᑖᐤ	ᑖᐧᐯᐤ	pwe
paa	ᐹᔥᑮ	ᐧᐹᔥᑑ	pwaa
te	ᑌᐧᐁᐦᐄᑲᓐ	ᐃᐧᑌᐤ	twe
taa	ᑖᐱᔥᑯᓐ	ᐧᑖᐸᔫ	twaa
ke	ᑫᐦᑫᒄ	ᐧᑫᔅᑌᐦ	kwe
kaa	ᑕᐦᑳᐤ	ᑕᐦᐧᑳᐤ	kwaa
chaa	ᒑᒃ	ᐧᒑᑲᓕᑦ	chwaa
me	ᒣᐧᑳᒡ	ᐧᒣᐦᒡ	mwe
maa	ᒫᒃ	ᐧᒫᒄ	mwaa
naa	ᒌᓈᐤ	ᒋᐧᓈᐤ	nwaa
se	ᐅᓭᐧᐁᐸᔫ	ᐃᔮᐧᓭ	swe
she	ᔐᑯᒡ	ᒪᓂᐧᔐᐤ	shwe
yaa	ᔮᔑᐸᔫ	ᐧᔮᒉᐸᔫ	ywaa

See also: Spelling East Cree – Northern Dialect – The Use of Dots

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