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The obsolete sp-series shows this to be the original design of the script, but Inuktitut, perhaps generalizing from the ᕙ series, which originated as ᐸ plus a circle at the start of the stroke used to write the letters, but as an independent form must be rotated in the opposite (counter-clockwise) direction, is consistently counter-clockwise.
The Great Lakes Algonquian syllabary is a syllabic writing system based upon the French alphabet, with letters organized into syllables. It was used primarily by speakers of Fox , Potawatomi , and Winnebago , but there is indirect evidence of use by speakers of Southwestern Ojibwe ("Chippewa").
A page from an 1856 book illustrating the letters of the alphabet for Gamilaraay at that time. Note the use of the letter eng (ŋ) and macrons (ˉ). Prior to the arrival of Europeans, Australian Aboriginal languages had been purely spoken languages, and had no writing system.
Adinkra Alphabet is a phonetic writing system derived from Adinkra symbols. The Adinkra Alphabet , invented by Charles Korankye in 2015, and expanded and refined over the next several years to accommodate various languages spoken in Ghana and Ivory Coast such as Akan, Dagbani , Ewe and Ga - a process that culminated with the creation of a ...
In attempting to show such a relationship, Taylor presented graphic representations of Kistna and Assam letters like g, k, ng, t, m, h, and u, which resemble the same letters in baybayin. Fletcher Gardner argued that the Philippine scripts have "very great similarity" with the Brahmi script, [28] which was supported by T. H. Pardo de Tavera.
He asked local artists to draw pictures and the shop generated limited edition prints, based on the ukiyo-e workshop system of Japan. Cooperative print shops were also established in nearby communities, including Baker Lake, Puvirnituq, Holman, and Pangnirtung. These shops have experimented with etching, engraving, lithography, and silkscreen ...
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Common forms of the letters are illustrated at left, including various ligatures of t and n. Gemination, though phonemic, is not indicated in Tifinagh. The letter t, ⵜ, is often combined with a preceding letter to form a ligature. Most of the letters have more than one common form, including mirror-images of the forms shown above.