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ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ Keyboard Help

This keyboard is for writing ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ (Plains Cree Spirit Markers / syllabics).

If square boxes are displayed instead of characters when using this keyboard (and in the keyboard layouts below), please read our troubleshooting guide.

  • The on-screen keyboard shows each syllable in their final form and in their e-orientation (cosonants) or in their short and long form (vowels).
  • The Spirit Markers / syllabics used to write ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ (Plains Cree) are typed phonetically. See this document for a full list of how to type each Spirit Marker with the keyboard, and all of the special key combinations.
    • ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ is typed nehiyawewin
  • By typing a single consonant or a key that's assigned to a consonant, the Spirit Marker / syllabic final form will appear on your screen. Following the consonant with a vowel will change the final into its full form, in the orientation corresponding with the vowel typed.
    • Typing the k key outputs ᐠ. If the a key is typed after, it will change to ᑲ
  • To type a long vowel / add the top dot, type the vowel twice.
    • ᑳ is typed kaa
  • In the case of Spirit Markers / syllables with multiple finals, type the left bracket key [ to keep the Spirit Markers / syllables separate.
    • ᐸᐦᐠᐍᓯᑲᐣ is typed pahk[wesikan

  • Punctuation
    • The narrow no-break space is typed Shift+Space
    • ᙮ is typed with the period key .
    • single guillemets: ‹ ; — › '
    • double guillemets: « Shift+; — » Shift+'
    • apostrophe and quotation mark: ' Right-Alt+' — " Right-Alt+Shift+'
    • Any modified punctuation can be typed using Right-Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac) + the original key
      • . is typed Right-Alt+. / ⌥ Option+.
      • [ is typed Right-Alt+[ / ⌥ Option+[
    • All English letters can be typed by pressing Right-Alt (Windows) / ⌥ Option (Mac) followed by the letter(s) you wish to type.
    • All uppercase English letters can be typed by pressing Shift+Right-Alt (Windows) / Shift+⌥ Option

    • Unicode Fonts

    The following fonts have been installed on your computer: Aboriginal Sans, Aboriginal Serif. Please use these fonts when typing in your language as they have been specially built to represent your language as accurately as possible.

    Download the latest version of Aboriginal Sans and Aboriginal Serif

    Touch layout

    Unshifted

    ᐃ ᐱ ᑎ ᑭ ᒋ ᒥ ᓂ ᓯ ᔨ ᐦ
    ᐊ ᐸ ᑕ ᑲ ᒐ ᒪ ᓇ ᓴ ᔭ ᕽ
    ⇧ ᑊ ᐟ ᐠ ᐨ ᒼ ᐣ ᐢ ᐩ ⌫
    123 🌐 ◌̇ space ◌ᐧ ᐤ ⏎

    Shifted

    ᐁ ᐯ ᑌ ᑫ ᒉ ᒣ ᓀ ᓭ ᔦ ᓬ
    ᐅ ᐳ ᑐ ᑯ ᒍ ᒧ ᓄ ᓱ ᔪ ᕒ
    ⇧ ᖧ ᖨ ᖪ ᖬ ᖮ ⌫
    123 🌐 ◌̇ space ◌ᐧ ᐤ ⏎

    Alternate Names

    • Plains Cree
    • Cree (Y-dialect)
    • nêhiyawêwin

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