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by Rendello
1536 days ago
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Syllabics are an abugida, so they map to the structure of Cree, Oji-Cree, and Ojibwe quite well. In these languages, syllables tend to have a single consonant followed by a single vowel (with some exceptions; this applies less in non-syncope dialects as well). Words that are unwieldy in the Latin script are less daunting in syllabics: anishinaabemowin -> ᐊᓂᐦᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ makade-mashkikiwaaboo -> ᒪᑲᑌᒪᔥᑭᑭᐙᐴ |
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As an anecdote: if the English had invented the writing system of Finnish, regular Goodnight ie "Hyvää Yötä" would have been written "Hiouaa'aa Io'ootaa". This is why these written Native American languages look so bad.