Description
The syllabary is based upon “… a European cursive form of the roman alphabet.” Vowel letters are used to represent sounds that correspond with French writing conventions, suggesting a possible French source.
Samples of the Fox version of the syllabary are in Jones (1906), and Walker (1981, 1996); the latter includes handwriting samples for each character or compound character from four different early twentieth-century Fox writers. Samples of the Potawatomi syllabary characters are in Walker (1981, 1986). Goddard (1996) includes a postcard written in the Fox syllabary, and Kinkade and Mattina (1996) includes a page of text in the Fox syllabary. Samples of the characters used in the Ho-Chunk syllabary are available at Ho-Chunk Syllabary.
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