Miao Script Developed by Samuel Pollard Written with Cree Syllabary
This is amazing because the Miao script was developed by Samuel Pollard and was written with Cree syllabary.
Cree Syllabics
En.Wikipedia.Org. “Cree syllabics, found in two primary variants, are the versions of Canadian Aboriginal syllabics used to write Cree dialects, including the original syllabics system created for Cree and Ojibwe.”
Cree syllabics
Now let us look at a few sources where the Miao script also uses the Cree syllabics.
Influences of Other Writing Systems on The Miao Script
Scriptsource.Org. “Pollard had also been impressed by the development of the Cree syllabary in Canada, and adopted some Cree letters for use in the Miao script.”
Samuel Pollard
Www.Shimenkan.Org. “He credited the basic Idea of the script to the Cree syllabary (discussed above) , “While working out the problem, we remembered the case of the syllabics used by a Methodist missionary among the Indians of North America, and resolved to do as he had done” (1919:174).”
Origin and Development of The Miao Script
Scriptsource.Org. “As they themselves became more proficient in the A-Hmao language, they realised it was syllabic, and, inspired by the success of the Cree syllabary created for a sociolinguistically similar community in Northern Canada, invented a new script for the purpose of teaching the A-Hmao to read.”
A-Hmao (Miao)
Handwritten Note in The Pollard Script
Scriptsource.Org. “This is a handwritten note which was found in a book of hymns, Hwa Miao Gospel Hymns, published in 1938 in Changsha, Hunan Province.”
Pollard Hymn Book
Scriptsource.Org. “This is a page from a hymn book entitled Hwa Miao Gospel Songs written in the Pollard script.”
Now look at the Cree syllabics and Miao script.
Cree Syllabics
Miao Script
In another post I was talking about this. I knew I had seen something about the Hmong script being the same or similar to the Cree & Ojibwe script. Thanks for finding this and posting it.
Your’re welcome Rose.
Exactly what I was talking about in my other posts. I hope I can find this again when I am home.
Nus Vaj – What other post are you talking about? LOL. Was it in this website or another? What did/were you saying about this?