Kanadana

Kanadana

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

Kanadana consonants

Sample text in Kanadana

Sample text in Kanadana

Original Japanese version

すべての人間は、生まれながらにして自由であり、かつ、尊厳と権利とについて平等である。人間は、理性と良心、とを授けられてあり、互いに同胞の精神をもって行動しなければならない。
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

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)

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