This working space hosts the work for all phases of Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics (UCAS) Reference LGR Generation Panel.
Final Work by the Working Group
| Phase | Final work by the Panel |
|---|---|
Phase 1: Inuktitut Language | Please visit the Reference LGR webpage for final LGR |
Phase 2: Naskapi | Coming soon |
Phase 3: Northern East, Southern East Cree | Coming soon |
Phase 4: Moose Cree | Coming soon |
Phase 5: Eastern Swampy Cree | Coming soon |
Working documents
- Phase 2: Naskapi - Proposal (Google Doc)
- Version 10 December 2024 package: Proposal, XML, HTML, Test Labels, Test Results
Update from previous version: Add the rules that a final mark cannot follow another final mark
- Version 10 December 2024 package: Proposal, XML, HTML, Test Labels, Test Results
- Phase 3: Northern East, Southern East Cree - Proposal (Google Doc)
- Version 11 December 2024 package: Proposal, XML, HTML, Test Labels, Test Results
Update from previous version: Standardize the rules for final marks. Add test labels, test results.
- Version 11 December 2024 package: Proposal, XML, HTML, Test Labels, Test Results
- Phase 4:
- Moose Cree - Proposal (Google Doc)
- Version 11 December 2024 package: Proposal, XML, HTML, Test Labels, Test Results
Update from previous version: Standardize the rules for final marks. Add test labels, test results
- Version 11 December 2024 package: Proposal, XML, HTML, Test Labels, Test Results
- Moose Cree - Proposal (Google Doc)
- Phase 5: Eastern Swampy Cree / Western Swampy Cree / Woods Cree / Plains Cree
- Eastern Swampy Cree - Proposal (Google Doc)
- Version 11 December 2024 package: Proposal, XML, HTML, Test Labels, Test Results
Update from previous version: Newly created.
- Version 11 December 2024 package: Proposal, XML, HTML, Test Labels, Test Results
- Western Swampy Cree - Proposal
- Plains Cree - Proposal
- Woods Cree (expected early 2025)
- Eastern Swampy Cree - Proposal (Google Doc)
(See the end of the page for archived document)
Meeting Notes
Panel membership
| # | Name | Position | Organization | Language Expertise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Ménard | Co-Chair | Point Québec | |
| 2 | Louis Houle | Co-Chair | Point Québec | |
| 3 | Normand Fortier | Member | Point Québec | |
| 4 | Amadeu Abril | Member | CORE | |
| 5 | Dr. Michael Bauland | Member | Knipp | |
| 6 | Kevin King | Member | Typotheque | UCAS syllabic |
| 7 | Liang Hai | Member | Typotheque | |
| 8 | Peter Bilak | Member | Typotheque | |
| 9 | Jean Gilbert | Member | Cofomo | |
| 10 | Julien Bernard | Member | Cofomo | |
| 11 | Jade Duchesneau Bernier | Member | Kativik ᑲᑎᕕᒃ ᐃᓕᓴᕐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒃ | Inuktitut |
| 12 | Thomassie Mangiok | Member | Kativik ᑲᑎᕕᒃ ᐃᓕᓴᕐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒃ | Inuktitut |
| 13 | Gavin Nesbitt | Member | Pirurvik ᐱᕈᕐᕕᒃ | Inuktitut |
| 14 | Nicholas Duplessis | Member | Avataq ᐊᕙᑕᖅ | Inuktitut |
| 15 | Dr Marie-Odile Junker | Member | Carleton University | Nothern Southern Cree, Eastern Southern Cree, Moose Cree,Fort Severn Cree, Eastern Swampy Cree, Western Swampy Cree, Oji-Cree, Ojibwe, Blackfoot |
| 16 | Bill Jancevicz | Member | SIL | Naskapi, Moose Cree, Swampy Cree, Oji-Cree, Eastern Southern Cree, Northern Southern Cree |
| 17 | Dr. Marc-Antoine Mahieu | Member | Inalco | Inuktitut |
| 18 | Dr. Richard Compton | Member | UQÀM | Inuktitut |
| 19 | Dr. Jimena Terraza | Member | Kiuna College | Moose Cree, Ojibway |
| 20 | Prof Robin Mitchell Cranfield | Member | Emily Carr University | Cree Syllabics |
| 21 | Dr. Arok Wolvengrey | Member | First Nations University | Eastern Swampy Cree, Western Swampy Cree, Plains Cree, Woods Cree, Saulteaux, Ojibwe, Western Ojibwe |
| 22 | John Bishop | Member | Cree Nation Government ᐄᔨᔫ ᑎᐯᔨᐦᒋᒉᓲ | Nothern Southern Cree, Eastern Southern Cree, Moose Cree |
| 23 | Matthew Windsor | Member | SIL | Oji-Cree |
| 24 | Prof Rand Valentine | Member | University Wisconsin-Madison | Moose Cree, Eastern - Western Swampy Cree, Oji-Cree, Ojibwe |
| 25 | Bridget Chase | Member | Typotheque | Language Technology Research Specialist |
List of languages covered in phase1 - 4.
| Name in English | Syllabic | Native name of the language |
| Blackfoot | ᖹᐨᓱᑲᖷᑊᓱᐡ | Niitsipowahsin |
| Cree Syllabics | ||
| Eastern Southern Cree | ᐄᔨᔫ / ᐄᓅ ᐊᔨᒧᐎᓐ | Îyiyû/Înû ayimuwin |
| Eastern Swampy Cree | ᐃᓂᓂᐎ ᐃᔑᑭᔗᐎᐣ | Ininiwi Išikišwêwin |
| Fort Severn Cree | ᐗᔕᐦᐅ ᐃᓂᓃᒧᐏᐣ | Wasaho Ininiimowin |
| Inuktitut | ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ | Inuktitut |
| Moose Cree | ᐃᓕᓖᒧᐎᓐ | Îllilîmowin |
| Naskapi | ᐃᔪᐤ ᐃᔨᒧᐅᓐ | Iyuw Iyimuun |
| Nothern Southern Cree | ᐄᔨᔨᐅᔨᒧᐎᓐ | Îyiyiuyimuwin |
| Oji-Cree | ᐊᓂᐦᔑᓂᓃᒧᐏᐣ | Anishininiimowin |
| Ojibwe | ᐊᓂᐦᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ | Anishinaabemowin |
| Plains Cree | ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ | Nêhiyawêwin |
| Saulteaux | ᓇᐦᑲᐍᐓᐲᐦᐃᑫᐏᐣ | Nahkawēwopīhikēwin |
| Western Ojibwe | ᓇᐦᑲᐌᒧᐎᐣ | Nakawêmowin |
| Western Swampy Cree | ᐃᓂᓃᒧᐏᐣ | Ininímowin |
| Woods Cree | ᓀᐦᐃᖬᐍᐏᐣ | Nīhithawīwin |
Archives
Phase 1: Inuktitut
- (Version 2 July 2024) Proposal (Google Doc), XML, HTML, Test Label, Test Result
- Proposal (Google Doc) used during May - June meetings
- 17 May 2024 Proposal, XML, HTML, Test Labels
- Code point analysis
- Version published for public comment - Proposal, XML, HTML
Phase 2: Naspaki
- Version 9 September 2024 package: Proposal, XML, HTML, Test Labels, Test Results
Phase 3: Algonquian Northern East, Southern East Cree
- Version 27 November 2024 package: Proposal, XML, HTML
- Cover letter for the Southern Cree data.pdf: Southern East Cree attestations Brousseau Flora Fauna.xlsx, Brousseau Dict of Flora and Fauna-18-21.pdf
Phase 4:
- Moose Cree - Proposal (Google Doc)
Contact and Additional Information
- Contact the UCAS Reference LGR Generation Panel at:ucas-ref-lgr-panel@icann.org. Email recipients are panel members as listed in above. Public archive of exchanges taking place on this mailing list are available at: https://lists.icann.org/hyperkitty/list/ucas-ref-lgr-panel@icann.org/.
- For more information regarding Reference LGR For second level, please contact: idnprogram@icann.org.