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- Permanent Link:
- https://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA006487/00001
Material Information
- Title:
- Notes on Syllabic System of Cree Languages'
- Publication Date:
- after 1845
- Language:
- Cree
English
Subjects
- Subjects / Keywords:
- Cree language ( LCSH )
- Spatial Coverage:
- Canada
- Coordinates:
- 60 x -110
Notes
- General Note:
- Summary: Two manuscripts (one a draft) bearing the same title in the same hand (author unknown). The draft is 10 pages long, has many amendments, corrections and crossing outs as well as only a few specific examples of syllabic Cree. The finished manuscript is 14 pages long and describes the development of the syllabic approach by the Rev James Evans to the Cree language and his use of the syllabic script (including when published), with extracts from Evans' journal about his work. The manuscript also explains vowel and consonant sounds (and their representative symbols), has a very brief vocabulary and examples of the script in writing and publications.
- General Note:
- Admin history: Rev James Evans (1801-1846) emigrated to Canada in 1822 and became a Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society missionary in 1834. He worked in the Upper Canada District until 1839 when he transferred to the Hudson Bay Company Territories District where he worked until his return to England in 1846.
- General Note:
- Copyright: Copyright held by Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS University of London
- Holding Location:
- Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- All applicable rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
- Resource Identifier:
- MMSL MSS/039 ( soas classmark )
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