Canadian Aboriginal syllabics
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canadian-aboriginal-syllabics-173-8862439
title:
Canadian Aboriginal syllabics
text:
Canadian syllabic writing, or simply syllabics, is a family of writing systems used in a number of indigenous Canadian languages of the Algonquian, Inuit, and (formerly) Athabaskan language families. These languages had no formal writing system previously. They are valued for their distinctiveness from the Latin script and for the ease with which literacy can be achieved. For instance, by the late 19th century the Cree had achieved what may have been one of the highest rates of literacy in the w
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encyclopedia
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Writing systems for indigenous North American languages
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Aboriginal_syllabics
date created:
2004-11-11T17:18:24Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T07:59:01Z
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