In this article, Cree words and sounds will transcribed using the Standard Roman Orthography.
The primary difference between eastern and western Cree orthographies is the shape of the final consonants (consonant sounds with no following vowel).
Eastern Cree dialects write finals with a superscripted a-syllabic.
Other differences are placing the diacritic for labialization (/w/) before rather than after the letter—ᑖᐺ /tāpwē/ (Western Cree ᑖᐻ),—and several additional series for consonants not found in Western Cree.
* The glyphs for v ([v]) \ f ([f]) and th ([ð] and [θ]) are rare and used only in words borrowed from other languages.