Bilingual Layouts — English / nehiyawewin

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About Cree syllabics: This page uses the Noto Sans Canadian Aboriginal font for rendering Woodland Cree (nehiyawewin) syllabics. Pretext measures both English and Cree text independently, then aligns each row to the taller column, ensuring no text overlap regardless of script or line count differences.

Classroom Greetings

Common phrases used in a Cree bilingual classroom setting

Greeting

Hello, welcome to class.

ᑖᓂᓯ, ᐯᒋ ᐱᐦᑐᑫ ᑭᐢᑭᓄᐦᐊᒫᑐᐎᑲᒥᑯᐠ

Introduction

My name is Teacher. I am happy to see you today.

ᓂᐢᑕᒼ ᐅᑭᐢᑭᓄᐦᐊᒫᑫᐤ ᓂᑎᓯᔨᐦᑳᓱᐣ᙮ ᓂᒥᓚᐚᑕᐣ ᐁᐚᐸᒥᑖᐣ ᐊᓄᐦᐨ

Farewell

Thank you. See you tomorrow.

ᐁᑯᓯ, ᓇᓇᐢᑯᒧᐣ᙮ ᑳᐚᐸᒥᑎᐣ ᐚᐸᐦᑭ

Numbers 1-10

Cardinal numbers in Woodland Cree with syllabics and romanization

1 — one

ᐯᔭᐠ (peyak)

2 — two

ᓃᓱ (niso)

3 — three

ᓂᐢᑐ (nisto)

4 — four

ᓀᐓ (newo)

5 — five

ᓂᔮᓇᐣ (niyanan)

6 — six

ᓂᑯᑖᓯᐠ (nikotwasik)

7 — seven

ᑌᐸᑯᐦᑊ (tepakohp)

8 — eight

ᐊᔭᓈᓀᐤ (ayananew)

9 — nine

ᑫᑳᒋᒥᑖᑕᐦᐟ (keka-mitataht)

10 — ten

ᒥᑖᑕᐦᐟ (mitatht)

Treaty Education

Treaty acknowledgments and promises that guide our relationship on this land

Treaty Acknowledgment

We acknowledge that we are on Treaty 6 territory and the traditional homeland of the Metis. We pay our respects to the First Nations and Metis ancestors of this place and reaffirm our relationship with one another.

ᓂᑭᐢᑫᓕᐦᑕᓈᐣ ᐆᒪ ᐊᐢᑭᐩ ᑭᐢᐱᐣ ᐊᐢᑐᑕᒫᑫᐎᐣ 6 ᐊᐢᑭᐩ ᐁᑯᑕ ᑳᑮ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᒋᐠ ᐅᑕᐱᒧᑕᐎᓂᐚᐤ ᐊᐱᐦᑕᐎᑯᓯᓴᐠ᙮ ᑭᒪᒥᑐᓀᓕᐦᑕᒥᐦᑎᓈᐣ ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐚᐠ ᓀᐢᑕ ᐊᐱᐦᑕᐎᑯᓯᓴᐠ ᐅᑕᐱᒧᑕᐎᓂᐚᐤ ᐆᑕ ᐅᐦᒋ ᑳᐅᐦᒋᒋᐠ

Treaty Promise

The treaties are agreements between the Crown and Indigenous peoples. They are living documents that define the relationship between treaty partners, as long as the sun shines, the grass grows, and the rivers flow.

ᐅᒪ ᐊᐢᑐᑕᒫᑫᐎᓇ ᐃᑕᐢᑐᑕᒫᑫᐎᓇ ᐅᑭᒫᐎᐠ ᓀᐢᑕ ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ ᐃᓕᓕᐤ ᐅᑕᐢᑐᑕᒫᑫᐎᓂᐚᐤ᙮ ᐱᒫᑎᓯᒪᑲᓇ ᐅᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓇ ᐁ ᐎᐦᑕᒫᑲᐦᑭ ᑖᓂᓯ ᑫ ᐃᓯ ᐎᒋᐦᐃᑐᓈᓂᐎᐠ, ᐃᐢᐱ ᐱᓯᒥᐤ ᐁ ᐚᓭᐠ, ᒪᐢᑯᓯᔭ ᐁ ᓂᐦᑕᐎᑭᑭ, ᓀᐢᑕ ᓯᐱᔭ ᐁ ᐱᒥᒐᐘᐣᐃᐠ

Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Calls to Action relevant to education and language revitalization

TRC Call to Action #62

We call upon the federal, provincial, and territorial governments, in consultation and collaboration with Survivors, Aboriginal peoples, and educators, to make age-appropriate curriculum on residential schools, Treaties, and Aboriginal peoples' historical and contemporary contributions to Canada a mandatory education requirement for Kindergarten to Grade Twelve students.

ᓂᓇᑕᐌᓕᐦᑕᒫᓈᐣ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒫᐎᐠ, ᐅᑕᐢᑭᐎ ᐅᑭᒫᐎᐠ, ᑲ ᐎᒋᐦᐃᑐᒋᐠ ᑳ ᑮ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᒋᐠ ᑭᐢᑭᓄᐦᐊᒫᑐᐎᑲᒥᑯᐠ, ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ ᐃᓕᓕᐤ, ᓀᐢᑕ ᐅᑭᐢᑭᓄᐦᐊᒫᑫᐤ, ᑲ ᐅᓯᐦᑖᒋᐠ ᑭᐢᑭᓄᐦᐊᒫᑐᐎᓂᓕᐤ ᐊᐘᓯᓴᐠ ᑫ ᓂᓯᑐᐦᑕᐦᑭ ᑭᐢᑭᓄᐦᐊᒫᑐᐎᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐅᐦᒋ, ᐊᐢᑐᑕᒫᑫᐎᓇ, ᓀᐢᑕ ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ ᐃᓕᓕᐤ ᑳ ᑮ ᐃᓯ ᐎᒋᐦᐃᐌᒋᐠ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐁ ᐃᑕᐢᑕᐌᓕᐦᑖᐠ ᑲᑭᔭᐤ ᑭᐢᑭᓄᐦᐊᒫᐘᑲᓇᐠ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐊᒫᒋᐎ ᑭᐢᑭᓄᐦᐊᒫᑐᐎᐣ ᐃᐢᐱ ᓂᑯᑖᓯᐠ ᐊᐢᑭᐩ ᐊᐢᐱᐣ ᓂᓱ ᐊᐢᑭᐩ ᐊᐢᐱᐣ

Human Rights

Universal principles of dignity and equality

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

ᒥᓯᐌ ᐃᓕᓕᐤ ᑎᐯᓂᒥᓱᐎᓂᐠ ᓀᐢᑕ ᑖᐱᑕᐤ ᐃᑕᐢᐱᓀᓕᐦᑖᑯᓯᐎᓂᐠ ᓀᐢᑕ ᒥᓂᑯᐎᓯᐎᓂᐠ ᐁ ᐃᓯ ᓂᑖᐎᑭᒋᐠ᙮ ᒫᒥᑐᓀᓕᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᓀᐢᑕ ᒥᑐᓀᓕᒋᑫᐎᐣ ᑮ ᒥᓂᑲᐎᐚᐠ ᑫ ᐃᓯ ᑐᑕᐦᑭᐠ ᐁ ᐎᒉᐎᑐᒋᐠ

Cultural Context

Woodland Cree (nehiyawewin) is an Algonquian language spoken across the boreal regions of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and into Quebec and Ontario. The syllabic writing system was developed in the 1840s by James Evans and adapted by Cree communities as a powerful tool for literacy and language preservation.

In Saskatchewan, the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) and other northern communities actively maintain Cree as a living language. The Saskatchewan curriculum includes Treaty Education outcomes at every grade level, reflecting the importance of understanding the treaty relationship that shapes our shared life on these lands.

WolfWhale LMS is designed to support bilingual education by rendering Indigenous language text with proper font support and layout. The Pretext engine measures Cree syllabics using the dedicated "cree" font profile (16px Noto Sans Canadian Aboriginal, line-height 24px) to ensure accurate column alignment.