Why do we need a Chinook-Peipa (shorthand) font?
Why do we need a font for Chinook-Peipa that plays well with word processing software?
…or do you want the dictionary maker to hand-draw every word, like this?
(Image credit: Kaltash Wawa)
It’s so that our dictionaries will be able to clearly show how each word was (and is) written by Indigenous people in the Chinook Writing alphabet…
…which is endangered…
…and which we are revitalizing, along with its language, the unique Northern Chinook Jargon of everywhere north of the Columbia River.
We could potentially include image files of the words, and the dozens of varying ways folks used to write them — if we wanted to multiply the labor by 10 & make things way more confusing!
That’s just one reason among many.
Expect more about this!
In the meantime, find us a grant so we can work fulltime on that dictionary. It needs to come out soon…
𛰅𛱁𛰃𛱂 𛰙𛱁𛱆𛰅𛱁 𛰃𛱄𛰙𛰃𛱄𛰙? qʰáta mayka tə́mtəm?
kata maika tumtum? Qu’en penses-tu?
What do you think?
And can you say it in Chinuk Wawa?
Hey! Teach Yourself northern-dialect Chinook Jargon!
And join free Zoom sessions…
Contact me for the Zoom link.
Does such a font exist? I’m not sure whether the point of this post is that the existing font is useful for dictionaries, or that there is still an unmet need for a font that works in word processors. The font I made (Rawnd Musmus Duployan a.k.a. Noto Sans Duployan) works in browsers but AFAIK not much else.