Cree Transliterator

A JavaScript library for transliterating between Cree language writing systems.

NOTE: A more robust Cree transliterator, which handles morphophonology and provides options for other writing conventions, is the eddieantonio/cree-sro-syllabics library.

Usage

Install with npm or yarn:

npm install cree-transliterator
yarn add cree-transliterator

The library exports two functions:

• sro2syllabics: convert Standard Roman Orthography (SRO) text to Western Cree Syllabics
• syllabics2sro: convert Western Cree Syllabics to Standard Roman Orthography (SRO)

Import the function into your code and run it on the string you'd like to convert:

import { sro2syllabics } from '@dwhieb/cree-transliterator';

const sro = `kâ-mâci-pîkiskwâtikot ôhi oskâya ê-nêhiyawêyit. mâka namôya nisitohtawêw awa oskinikîs tânisi ê-itwêyit âta wîsta ê-nêhiyawêt.`;

const result = sro2syllabics(sro);

console.log(result);
// Output:
// ᑳ ᒫᒋ ᐲᑭᐢᒁᑎᑯᐟ ᐆᐦᐃ ᐅᐢᑳᔭ ᐁ ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᔨᐟ᙮ ᒫᑲ ᓇᒨᔭ ᓂᓯᑐᐦᑕᐍᐤ ᐊᐘ ᐅᐢᑭᓂᑮᐢ ᑖᓂᓯ ᐁ ᐃᑘᔨᐟ ᐋᑕ ᐑᐢᑕ ᐁ ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐟ᙮

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Syllabary

Consonant	i	î	ê	o	ô	a	â	Final
N/A	ᐃ	ᐄ	ᐁ	ᐅ	ᐆ	ᐊ	ᐋ	N/A
w	ᐏ	ᐑ	ᐍ	ᐓ	ᐕ	ᐘ	ᐚ	ᐤ
p	ᐱ	ᐲ	ᐯ	ᐳ	ᐴ	ᐸ	ᐹ	ᑊ
t	ᑎ	ᑏ	ᑌ	ᑐ	ᑑ	ᑕ	ᑖ	ᐟ
k	ᑭ	ᑮ	ᑫ	ᑯ	ᑰ	ᑲ	ᑳ	ᐠ
c	ᒋ	ᒌ	ᒉ	ᒍ	ᒎ	ᒐ	ᒑ	ᐨ
m	ᒥ	ᒦ	ᒣ	ᒧ	ᒨ	ᒪ	ᒫ	ᒼ
n	ᓂ	ᓃ	ᓀ	ᓄ	ᓅ	ᓇ	ᓈ	ᐣ
s	ᓯ	ᓰ	ᓭ	ᓱ	ᓲ	ᓴ	ᓵ	ᐢ
y	ᔨ	ᔩ	ᔦ	ᔪ	ᔫ	ᔭ	ᔮ	ᐩ1 (ᐝ)
th / ð	ᖨ	ᖩ	ᖧ	ᖪ	ᖫ	ᖬ	ᖭ	ᙾ
h								ᐦ
hk								ᕽ

Other Symbols

SRO	Syllabary
l	ᓬ
r	ᕒ
.	᙮
w	ᐧ
-	U+202F

SRO Varieties

Western Swampy	Southern Plains	Northern Plains	Woods SRO	Woods CMRO
a	a	a	a	u
â	â	â	â	a
c	c	c	c	ch
ê	ê	(î)	(î)	(e)
h	h	h	h	h
i	i	i	i	i
î	î	î	î	e
k	k	k	k	k
m	m	m	m	m
n	n	n	n	n
o	o	o	o	o
ô	ô	ô	ô	oo
p	p	p	p	p
s	s	s	s	s
t	t	t	t	t
w	w	w	w	w
y	y	y	y	y
ń	ý	ý	th	th

Keyboards

• http://www.languagegeek.com/algon/syllabics_keyboards/cr_oj_oc_na.html

Developer Notes

• Run tests with npm test.
• This library uses the Digital Linguistics transliteration library.

Footnotes

1. Cree writers overwhelmingly prefer using this character, U+1429 CANADIAN SYLLABICS FINAL PLUS ⟨ᐩ⟩, to U+1540 CANADIAN SYLLABICS WEST-CREE Y ⟨ᕀ⟩.