Language in Elsipogtog

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Elsipogtog Migmag uses the writing style created by Father Pacifique.

The Migmag language is part of the Algonquian linguistic family.

The Father Pacifique Orthography is a 13 letter writing system: A sounds like the A in (straw); E sounds like the A in (day); G hard G sound like the G in (good); I has the EE sound like the E in (see); L regular L sound; M regular M sound; N regular N sound; Ô has the "oh" sound like the O in (stove).
Notice the little roof over the Ô; O has the "oo" sound like the O in (stool).
Sometimes it sounds like a W.; P can sound like a P and also the B; S regular S sound; T regular T sound and sometimes the D sound; TJ this one has a "ch" or a J sound