Here is a document by Bennett that describes the use of Unifon for Hupa, Tolowa, Yurok and Karok:http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=ED310889
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Jean-François Colson <[email protected]> wrote: > On 28/06/11 19:22, Bill Poser wrote: > >> Unifon was used at one point to write several languages in northern >> California, so it has seen practical application. I'm not sure how much >> material was published in this form. I don't think that any of these tribes >> is still using Unifon. >> > You’re right. Unifon has been used by the Yurok, Karuk, Tolowa and Hupa in > the 70’s and the 80’s IIRC. Now, they have switched to writing systems based > on the Latin alphabet. I’ve been told that several books have been printed > in their languages using Unifon. However, a few letters have changed since > then. > > >
