Mi'kmaw hieroglyphs

Mi'kmaw hieroglyphic writing
*Suckerfish script*
*Gomgwejui'gasit*
Mi'kmaw hieroglyphic writing; Suckerfish script; Gomgwejui'gasit;
	The Ave Maria written in Mi'kmaw hieroglyphic writing.
Script type	Logographic
Time period	Chrestien Le Clercq's adaptation:; 1675–1800s; Precursor:; Pre-Columbian era–1675;
Direction	Left-to-right
Languages	Mi'kmaq
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Mi'kmaw hieroglyphic writing or Suckerfish script (Mi'kmawi'sit: Gomgwejui'gasit) was a writing system for the Mi'kmaw language, later superseded by various Latin scripts which are currently in use.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 Atlantic 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,^[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.

^ Edwards, Brendan Frederick R. (2005). Paper Talk: A History of Libraries, Print Culture, and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada Before 1960. Scarecrow Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-8108-5113-9.
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[1] Edwards, Brendan Frederick R. (2005). Paper Talk: A History of Libraries, Print Culture, and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada Before 1960. Scarecrow Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-8108-5113-9.

[Schmidt_Murdena_1995-2] Cite error: The named reference Schmidt_Murdena_1995 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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