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Mauritian Creole (Kreol Morisien) Mauritian Creole is a French-based creole language spoken by about 1.2 million people in Mauritius, where it is used as the lingua franca. Creole tends to…

Mayan script Origin The Mayan civilisation lasted from about 500 BC to 1200 AD, with a classical period from 300-900 AD. The earliest known writing in the Mayan script dates…

Mende syllabary The Mende syllabary was invented in 1921 by Kisimi Kamara (ca. 1890-1962) of Sierra Leone. Seeing how the British managed to take over his country, Kisimi concluded that…

Modern English Runic   A phonetic alphabet created by John D. Higgins This alphabet began with an attempt to create a phonetic system using only Latin, Old English, and Middle…

Meriam Mir Meriam Mir is a Papuan language spoken by about 2,000 people on the Torres Strait Islands of Erub, Ugar and Mer between Papua New Guinea and the mainland…