Miꞌkmaw hieroglyphs
Defunct writing system of Canada's Mi'kmaq First Nation / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Miꞌkmaw hieroglyphic writing or Suckerfish script (Mi'kmawi'sit: Gomgwejui'gasit) was a writing system for the Miꞌkmaw language, later superseded by various Latin scripts which are currently in use. Mi'kmaw are a Canadian First Nation whose homeland, called Mi'kma'ki, overlaps much of the Maritime provinces, specifically all of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and parts of New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador.
Miꞌkmaw hieroglyphic writing Suckerfish script Gomgwejui'gasit | |
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Direction | Left-to-right |
Languages | Miꞌkmaq |
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
These glyphs, or gomgwejui'gaqan, were derived from a pictograph and petroglyph tradition,[1] and are logograms, with phonetic elements used alongside, including logographic, alphabetic, and ideographic information.[2] The gomgwejui'gasultijig take their name from the gomgwej (plural: gomgwejg) or sucker fish whose tracks are visibly left on the muddy river bottom. Mi'kmawi'sit uses several spelling systems, and the script is consequently sometimes called komqwejwi'kasikl or gomgwejui'gas'gl.