Carrier syllabics

Carrier syllabics
Script type
graphically moraic alphabet
CreatorAdrien-Gabriel Morice
Time period
Created in 1885, with its usage beginning to fade in the 1920s
LanguagesCarrier (Dakelh)
Related scripts
Sister systems
Cree syllabary, which also influenced the design of the letters
 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.
A tombstone bearing an engraving in the Carrier syllabary

Carrier or Déné syllabics (ᑐᑊᘁᗕᑋᗸ, Dʌlk'ʷahke, (Dulkw'ahke) meaning toad feet) is a script 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.


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