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During the 20th century, the only data available were a short word list in De Roepstorff (1875), [3] scattered notes Man (1886) [4] and comparative list in Man (1889). [5]It was a century before more data became available, with 70 words being published in 1995 [6] and much new data being published in 2003, the most extensive so far. [7]
Cree syllabics were developed for Ojibwe by James Evans, a missionary in what is now Manitoba in the 1830s. Evans had originally adapted the Latin script to Ojibwe (see Evans system), but after learning of the success of the Cherokee syllabary, [additional citation(s) needed] he experimented with invented scripts based on his familiarity with shorthand and Devanagari.
Mao, also known as Sopvoma, is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Angami–Pochuri linguistic sub-branch. [2] It is spoken primarily in Senapati district, northwestern Manipur and in Nagaland, India. It is similar to Angami. [3] The speakers of this language use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue. [4]
The system embodies two principles: (1) alphabetic letters from the English alphabet are used to write Ojibwe but with Ojibwe sound values; (2) the system is phonemic in nature in that each letter or letter combination indicates its basic sound value and does not reflect all the phonetic detail that occurs. Accurate pronunciation thus cannot be ...
A phonemic alphabet designed for the English language: D'ni: 1997: Richard A. Watson: Alphabet for the fictional language in the game Riven and its sequels Duployan shorthand: Dupl: 1891: Jean-Marie Le Jeune: Historically used as the main (non-shorthand) script for Chinook Jargon: Elbasan: Elba: 1761: disputed: Alphabet for Albanian used to ...
[a] [2] [3] Today, the Latin script is commonly encountered across Africa, especially in the Western, Central and Southern Africa regions. Arabic script is mainly used in North Africa and Ge'ez script is widely used in the Horn of Africa. Regionally and in some localities, other scripts may be of significant importance.
The first efforts to write Inuktitut came from Moravian missionaries in Greenland and Labrador in the mid-19th century using Latin script. The first book printed in Inuktitut using Cree script was an 8-page pamphlet known as Selections from the Gospels in the dialect of the Inuit of Little Whale River (ᒋᓴᓯᑊ ᐅᑲᐤᓯᐣᑭᐟ, "Jesus' words"), [4] printed by John Horden in 1855–56 ...
Taa (/ ˈ t ɑː / TAH), also known as ǃXóõ (/ ˈ k oʊ / KOH; [2] ǃXóõ pronunciation: [ǃ͡χɔ̃ː˦]; also spelled ǃKhong and ǃXoon), is a Tuu language notable for its large number of phonemes, perhaps the largest in the world. [3]