Kanadana (ᑲᓇᑕᐦᓇ)
Kanadana is a method of writing Japanese using Canadian
Aboriginal Syllabics devised by Simon Ager, creator of Omniglot.
It was inspired by seeing the signatures of Inuit artists written
vertically in a Japanese style.
The name Kanadana combines the Japanese words 仮名
(かな kana), as in hiragana and katakana, the Japanese
syllabaries, and カナダ (kanada), the Japanese for Canada.
Notable features
- Type of writing system: syllabary
- Direction of writing: right to left in vertical columns,
or left to right in horizontal lines - Used to write: Japanese
Kanadana syllabary
Sample text in Kanadana
Original Japanese version
Transliteration
Subete no ningen wa, umare nagara ni shite jiyū de ari, katsu, songen to kenri
to ni tsuite byōdō de aru. Ningen wa, risei to ryōshin o
sazukerareteari, tagai ni dōhō no seishin o motte
kōdōshinakerebanaranai.
Translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They
are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another
in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)