I am more familiar with: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Aboriginal_syllabics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Aboriginal_syllabics In this case, i

I am more familiar with: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Aboriginal_syllabics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Aboriginal_syllabics In this case, it was created because the latin alphabet did not map nicely to the sounds in Ojibwe. Apparently, it was partly "inspired by the success of Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary."