Gwich’in alphabet
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The Gwich’in alphabet is a Latin-based writing system adapted to represent the sounds of the Gwich’in language spoken by the Gwich’in people of Alaska and northwestern Canada.
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alphabet
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writing system → |
| associatedEthnicity |
Gwich’in people
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| basedOn |
English alphabet
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| continent |
North America
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| country |
Canada
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United States → |
| direction |
left-to-right
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| family |
Latin script
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| language |
Gwich’in language
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| primaryUse |
writing Gwich’in language
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| purpose |
representation of Gwich’in phonology
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| region |
Alaska
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northwestern Canada → |
| script |
Latin script
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| scriptType |
alphabetic
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| usedBy |
Gwich’in people
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| userCommunity |
Indigenous peoples of the Subarctic
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| writingSystemClass |
Latin-derived orthography
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| writingSystemType |
Latin-based alphabet
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Gwich’in
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usesAlphabet |