'Notes on Syllabic System of Cree Languages'
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...
| Order number: |
MMSL MSS 039 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
post 1854 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
MMSL MSS 039 |
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| 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. |
| Previous numbers: |
52 |
| Extent: |
2 items |
| 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. |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Copyright: | Copyright held by Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes |
| User restrictions: | For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance |
| Language: | English Cree |
| Scripts: |
Latin |
| Format: | Archive |