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 <jf_at_colson.eu> 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.
>
>
>
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