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Pollard script

abugida loosely based on the Latin alphabet used for several Miao languages
Class type of: abugida Q601734

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
constructed writing system, abugida, unicase alphabet[3][4]
Inception
1904[20]
Language of work or name
Miao, Hmong, Nasu, Lipo, A-Hmao[14][15][16][17][18]
Based on
Cree syllabics, Latin script, shorthand[6][7][8]
Subclass of
abugida[9]
Has use
Miao, Hmong, Nasu, Lipo[10][11][12][13]
Country of origin
Qing dynasty[19]
Discoverer or inventor
Sam Pollard[2]
Indigenous to
Weining Yi, Hui, and Miao Autonomous County[23]
Name
Miao (Pollard), miao (Pollard), Miao[24][25]
Named after
Sam Pollard[5]
Native label
𖽃𖽔𖾐 𖽑𖼄𖽻𖾐[22]
Script directionality
left-to-right[21]
Unicode range
U+16F00-16F9F[26]
🏷️ Also known as
en Pollard en Pollard script en Miao en Miao script en Plrd de Pollard-Schrift el Γραφή Πόλλαρντ es Alfabeto de Pollard fr Pollard ja ポラード文字 pl alfabet Pollarda pt Escrita Pollard ru письмо Полларда th อักษรพอลลาร์ด zh 柏格理苗文 zh 柏格里苗文 zh 框式苗文 zh 滇東北老苗文 zh 石門坎苗文 zh-hans 柏格里苗文
🔖 Identifiers · 7
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Manuscripts in the Yunnan Nationalities Museum - DSC03941.JPG ↗
Atlas of Endangered Alphabets ID
4892
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Pollard-script
Freebase ID
/m/0clm5x
ISO 15924 alpha-4 code
Plrd
ISO 15924 numeric code
282
Topic's main category
Category:Miao script

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🔗 Connections
← Writing system 5
Lipo, A-Hmao, GNU Unifont, Piyo, Miao
Language of work or name 4
Hmong, Lipo, A-Hmao, Miao
Has use 3
Hmong, Lipo, Miao
Instance of 3
abugida, constructed writing system, unicase alphabet
Based on 2
Latin script, Canadian Aboriginal syllabics
Creator 1
Sam Pollard
Named after 1
Sam Pollard
Subclass of 1
abugida
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Summary

Pollard script is a constructed writing system[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . unicode.org. Retrieved . unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . unicode.org. Retrieved . unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Charp238 · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Indigenous to → Weining Yi, Hui, and Miao Autonomous County
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Indigenous to: Weining Yi, Hui, and Miao Autonomous County"
  2. 4d ago · Charp238 · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Indigenous to → Weining Yi, Hui, and Miao Autonomous County
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Indigenous to: Weining County"
  3. 4d ago · Charp238 · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Based on → Cree syllabics, Latin script, shorthand
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Based on: Cree syllabics"
  4. 4d ago · Charp238 · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Based on → Cree syllabics, Latin script, shorthand
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Based on: shorthand"
  5. 4d ago · Charp238 · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discoverer or inventor → Sam Pollard
    Creator → —
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Moving Creator to Discoverer or inventor"
  6. 4d ago · Charp238 · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → Qing dynasty
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Country of origin: Qing dynasty"
  7. 4d ago · Charp238 · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Inception: 1904"
  8. 4d ago · Charp238 · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Based on: Canadian Aboriginal syllabics"
  9. 4d ago · Charp238 · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Name → —
    "/* wbsetlabel-set:1|es */ alfabeto de Pollard"
  10. 4d ago · Charp238 · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Native label: 𖽃𖽔𖾐 𖽑𖼄𖽻𖾐"
  11. 4d ago · Charp238 · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native label → {'lang': 'hmn', 'text': '𖽃𖽔𖾐 𖽑𖼄𖽻𖾐'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Native label: 𖽃𖽔𖾐 𖽑𖼄𖽻𖾐"
  12. 4d ago · Charp238 · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Schematic → Pollard script.JPG
    Image → Manuscripts in the Yunnan Nationalities Museum - DSC03941.JP
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Moving Image to Schematic"
  13. 4d ago · Charp238 · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language of work or name → Miao, Hmong, Nasu +2
    Creator → —
    Based on → Cree syllabics, Latin script, shorthand
    Named after → Sam Pollard
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetlabel-add:1|eo */ alfabeto de Pollard"
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