How the Shorthand was Introduced among the Indians

Father Jean-Marie Lejeune, O.M.I. (1855–1930)

Authors

  • William J. Poser

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14288/nwjl.v5i3.203450

Keywords:

wawa writing, shorthand, Duployé, Lejeune, chinook jargon

Abstract

An adaptation of the French Duployé shorthand usually known as wawa writing was for a time widely used in British Columbia to write Chinook Jargon and several Salishan languages. In this essay Father Lejeune describes the decision to adapt Duployé shorthand, its introduction, and the early history of its use.

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Published

2026-10-02

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 3 (2011)

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Copyright (c) 2011 William J. Poser

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