Carrier syllabics | |
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Script type | abugida
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Creator | Adrien-Gabriel Morice |
Time period | Created in 1885, with its usage beginning to fade in the 1920s |
Languages | Carrier (Dakelh) |
Related scripts | |
Sister systems | Cree syllabary, which also influenced the design of the letters |
Carrier or Déné syllabics (ᑐᑊᘁᗕᑋᗸ, Dʌlk'ʷahke, (Dulkw'ahke) meaning frog feet[2]) is a writing system created by Adrien-Gabriel Morice for the Carrier language. It was inspired by Cree syllabics and is one of the writing systems in the Canadian Aboriginal syllabics Unicode range.