Miꞌkmaw Hieroglyphic Writing
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writing or Suckerfish script ( Mi'kmawi'sit: ''Gomgwejui'gasit'') was a writing system for the Miꞌkmaw language, later superseded by various Latin scripts which are currently in use.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. These glyphs, or ''gomgwejui'gaqan'', were derived from a pictograph and petroglyph tradition, and are logograms, with phonetic elements used alongside, including logographic, alphabetic, and ideographic information. The ''gomgwejui'gasultijig'' take their name from the ''gomgwej'' (plural: ''gomgwejg'') or sucker fish whose tracks are visibly left on the muddy river bottom. Since Mi'kmawi'sit uses several spelling systems, other ways to call Suckerfish script include: ''komqwejwi'kasikl'' or ''gomgwejui'gas'gl''. Classification Scholars ha ...
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Logogram
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