>type of person whose latest excuse for not blogging is needing a web font that will correctly display Canadian Indigenous syllabics to make a point about bilingual place names
December 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
>type of person whose latest excuse for not blogging is needing a web font that will correctly display Canadian Indigenous syllabics to make a point about bilingual place names
I’m just a monoglot Anglophone, trying and failing to remember how literally any Indigenous syllabics work, asking the provincial government to use transliterations instead of translations for presenting Indigenous-language names in English #bcpoli
December 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I’m just a monoglot Anglophone, trying and failing to remember how literally any Indigenous syllabics work, asking the provincial government to use transliterations instead of translations for presenting Indigenous-language names in English #bcpoli
The coherent and cogent use of syllabics in English cannot ignore the natural stresses, the iambs and trochees, the anapests and dactyls – all surging and ebbing within a syllabic framework that offers a quieter music just below those stresses...
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Matthew Stewart reviews 'Still' by Alan Buckley (Blue Diode Press, 2025)
The Friday Poem on 5th December 2025
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December 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The coherent and cogent use of syllabics in English cannot ignore the natural stresses, the iambs and trochees, the anapests and dactyls – all surging and ebbing within a syllabic framework that offers a quieter music just below those stresses...
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today on the book farm: Cree Syllabics (Stations of the Cross, 1856)
November 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
today on the book farm: Cree Syllabics (Stations of the Cross, 1856)
As a bonus, here’s the Cree keyboard Jon designed
November 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
As a bonus, here’s the Cree keyboard Jon designed
nhl, not college football, but here’s Ethan Bear formerly of the islanders with a cree jersey! (I think some juniors teams may do it too?)
November 12, 2025 at 4:25 AM
nhl, not college football, but here’s Ethan Bear formerly of the islanders with a cree jersey! (I think some juniors teams may do it too?)
There are even some beautifully embroidered blankets with scenes like this one included in the exhibit. Such amazing details up close 🤩
October 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
There are even some beautifully embroidered blankets with scenes like this one included in the exhibit. Such amazing details up close 🤩
Once again Indigenous Art stays winning
October 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Once again Indigenous Art stays winning
She said 'Ee' (yes).
So he got a govt grant, advertizers lined up, then w masthead blank, he got back in touch +askd her what the wd was in syllabics, + she said (in Inuktitut) 'There isn't a word'.
He freaked out. 'But you said it was a good idea!' 'It is a good idea; but there isn't a word.' 2/
So he got a govt grant, advertizers lined up, then w masthead blank, he got back in touch +askd her what the wd was in syllabics, + she said (in Inuktitut) 'There isn't a word'.
He freaked out. 'But you said it was a good idea!' 'It is a good idea; but there isn't a word.' 2/
April 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
She said 'Ee' (yes).
So he got a govt grant, advertizers lined up, then w masthead blank, he got back in touch +askd her what the wd was in syllabics, + she said (in Inuktitut) 'There isn't a word'.
He freaked out. 'But you said it was a good idea!' 'It is a good idea; but there isn't a word.' 2/
So he got a govt grant, advertizers lined up, then w masthead blank, he got back in touch +askd her what the wd was in syllabics, + she said (in Inuktitut) 'There isn't a word'.
He freaked out. 'But you said it was a good idea!' 'It is a good idea; but there isn't a word.' 2/
Syllabics: A Sacred Connection
Cree syllabics are a vital writing system that embodies Indigenous identity, cultural pride, and spiritual connection. Developed in the 19th century, they preserve the language and oral traditions of Cree communities. Incorporating syllabics into communication honors…
Cree syllabics are a vital writing system that embodies Indigenous identity, cultural pride, and spiritual connection. Developed in the 19th century, they preserve the language and oral traditions of Cree communities. Incorporating syllabics into communication honors…
Syllabics: A Sacred Connection
Cree syllabics are a vital writing system that embodies Indigenous identity, cultural pride, and spiritual connection. Developed in the 19th century, they preserve the language and oral traditions of Cree communities. Incorporating syllabics into communication honors ancestral teachings and aids in the revival of threatened linguistic heritage.
learnwhoiam.ca
April 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Syllabics: A Sacred Connection
Cree syllabics are a vital writing system that embodies Indigenous identity, cultural pride, and spiritual connection. Developed in the 19th century, they preserve the language and oral traditions of Cree communities. Incorporating syllabics into communication honors…
Cree syllabics are a vital writing system that embodies Indigenous identity, cultural pride, and spiritual connection. Developed in the 19th century, they preserve the language and oral traditions of Cree communities. Incorporating syllabics into communication honors…
If your an org with an unfathomably large federal grant for language education, consider me available for editing the syllabics on your webpage lol
February 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
If your an org with an unfathomably large federal grant for language education, consider me available for editing the syllabics on your webpage lol
also it'd be sick if there's a monospaced typeface for Cree syllabics out there
June 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
also it'd be sick if there's a monospaced typeface for Cree syllabics out there
The Tammy Wynette approach to syllabics. I like it
The five syllables with seven letters in the last line ranks among my proudest achievements in life.
The only haiku I've ever written.
2/3
2/3
November 23, 2023 at 12:16 PM
The Tammy Wynette approach to syllabics. I like it
The characters are a combination of Canadian aboriginal syllabics, math symbols, letterlikes, and arrows.
The "standard galactic alphabet" minecraft uses doesn't have actual unicode characters, they just replace a-z with other symbols.
This page has info: www.dcode.fr/standard-gal...
The "standard galactic alphabet" minecraft uses doesn't have actual unicode characters, they just replace a-z with other symbols.
This page has info: www.dcode.fr/standard-gal...
Standard Galactic Alphabet (Minecraft) Translator - Online Decoder
Tool to decipher / read the standard galactic alphabet (SGA), used in Commander Keen then in other universes like Quake 4 or Minecraft (enchantment table alphabet). Instantly encode, translate and rec...
www.dcode.fr
October 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The characters are a combination of Canadian aboriginal syllabics, math symbols, letterlikes, and arrows.
The "standard galactic alphabet" minecraft uses doesn't have actual unicode characters, they just replace a-z with other symbols.
This page has info: www.dcode.fr/standard-gal...
The "standard galactic alphabet" minecraft uses doesn't have actual unicode characters, they just replace a-z with other symbols.
This page has info: www.dcode.fr/standard-gal...
“translation events became full of laughter and memories.
The report now includes bird names in the Dene, Cree, and syllabics from all four First Nations and can be used as a teaching tool“
I love this so much! Bird language and human languages … both are so important.
#birdsky #CelebrateDiversity
The report now includes bird names in the Dene, Cree, and syllabics from all four First Nations and can be used as a teaching tool“
I love this so much! Bird language and human languages … both are so important.
#birdsky #CelebrateDiversity
New: Seal River Watershed Alliance co-led bioacoustics research — combining “Indigenous knowledge and Western science” — showing more bird species than a previous report limited to western science.
#Manitoba #waterislife #wetlands
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#Manitoba #waterislife #wetlands
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Land full of song
The Seal River Watershed in Manitoba is a haven for migratory birds at a time when birds are losing habitat elsewhere, says a study done collaboratively by land guardians, elders, land users, and t…
hopebuilding.blog
November 28, 2024 at 11:51 AM
“translation events became full of laughter and memories.
The report now includes bird names in the Dene, Cree, and syllabics from all four First Nations and can be used as a teaching tool“
I love this so much! Bird language and human languages … both are so important.
#birdsky #CelebrateDiversity
The report now includes bird names in the Dene, Cree, and syllabics from all four First Nations and can be used as a teaching tool“
I love this so much! Bird language and human languages … both are so important.
#birdsky #CelebrateDiversity
I love when poets focus on syllabics, my favorite poem written in syllabics is "Mourn" by Frank Bidart which uses a 3 syllable line.
December 30, 2024 at 11:16 PM
I love when poets focus on syllabics, my favorite poem written in syllabics is "Mourn" by Frank Bidart which uses a 3 syllable line.
Scribbling a note on my use of syllabics for a supporting page in my @Subruria project. Don't want folk thinking I've played fast and loose.
December 13, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Scribbling a note on my use of syllabics for a supporting page in my @Subruria project. Don't want folk thinking I've played fast and loose.
Canadian aboriginal syllabics
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July 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Canadian aboriginal syllabics
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Is is just me, or is there a marked difference between 47 speak and 47 in posts? The use of multi syllabics in the posts makes me suspicious…
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Is is just me, or is there a marked difference between 47 speak and 47 in posts? The use of multi syllabics in the posts makes me suspicious…
Missing Cherokee, Tibetan, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics, and Tifinagh, but those are hard to confirm the spelling of.
Leandro
Λεάντρο
Леандро
لياندرو
ליאנדרו
ሊያንድሮ
Լեանդրո
ლეანდრო
लिएंड्रो
லியாண்ட்ரோ
เลอันโดร
萊安多
レアンドロ
레안드로
Leandro
Λεάντρο
Леандро
لياندرو
ליאנדרו
ሊያንድሮ
Լեանդրո
ლეანდრო
लिएंड्रो
லியாண்ட்ரோ
เลอันโดร
萊安多
レアンドロ
레안드로
July 5, 2024 at 4:36 AM
Missing Cherokee, Tibetan, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics, and Tifinagh, but those are hard to confirm the spelling of.
Leandro
Λεάντρο
Леандро
لياندرو
ליאנדרו
ሊያንድሮ
Լեանդրո
ლეანდრო
लिएंड्रो
லியாண்ட்ரோ
เลอันโดร
萊安多
レアンドロ
레안드로
Leandro
Λεάντρο
Леандро
لياندرو
ליאנדרו
ሊያንድሮ
Լեանդրո
ლეანდრო
लिएंड्रो
லியாண்ட்ரோ
เลอันโดร
萊安多
レアンドロ
레안드로
Better
Virgin latin script vs based Canadian syllabics
Virgin latin script vs based Canadian syllabics
Virgin Canadian English and Canadian French vs based indigenous Inuktitut for northern East Canada
Alternate history where a fusion of native North American languages is spoken in the US
October 22, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Better
Virgin latin script vs based Canadian syllabics
Virgin latin script vs based Canadian syllabics
Is the Syllabics writing system used much by Ojibwe/Anishinaabe in the Ottawa Valley region? I'm getting a lot of conflicting answers
May 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Is the Syllabics writing system used much by Ojibwe/Anishinaabe in the Ottawa Valley region? I'm getting a lot of conflicting answers
July 17, 2023 at 11:21 PM