Pollard script
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Pollard script is an alphabetic writing system originally devised in the early 20th century for transcribing various Miao (Hmongic) languages of China.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Miao script
ⓘ
alphabetic script ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Missionary Miao script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old Miao script NERFINISHED ⓘ Pollard Miao script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedReligion | Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competesWith |
Chinese characters (for Miao languages in China)
ⓘ
Latin-based Hmong orthographies ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| creator | Samuel Pollard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | British ⓘ |
| creatorOccupation | missionary ⓘ |
| designPrinciple | phonemic orthography ⓘ |
| graphemeType |
consonant letters
ⓘ
tone marks ⓘ vowel symbols ⓘ |
| hasDistinctLowercase | no ⓘ |
| hasDistinctUppercase | no ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeBlock | Miao ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfUse |
20th century
ⓘ
21st century ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Bopomofo (Zhuyin) (in layout conceptually)
ⓘ
Roman alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO15924Code | Plrd ⓘ |
| ISO15924Number | 282 ⓘ |
| primaryUsageRegion |
Guangxi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guizhou NERFINISHED ⓘ Sichuan NERFINISHED ⓘ Yunnan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purposeOfCreation |
to transcribe Miao languages
ⓘ
to translate Christian religious texts ⓘ |
| scriptCategory | featural-like alphabet ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | indigenous scripts of China ⓘ |
| timeOfCreation | early 20th century ⓘ |
| toneRepresentation | diacritics ⓘ |
| UnicodeBlockCodeRange | U+16F00–U+16F9F ⓘ |
| UnicodeStandardVersionIntroduced | Unicode 6.1 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Hmongic language speakers
ⓘ
Miao people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedForLanguage |
A-Hmao language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hmong Daw (in some contexts) ⓘ |
| usedForLanguageFamily |
Hmongic languages
ⓘ
Miao languages ⓘ |
| writingSystemStatus |
minority script
ⓘ
regional script ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | segmental script ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstDevelopment | 1905 ⓘ |
| yearOfRefinement | 1917 ⓘ |
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