Duployan Letter M With Dot

In Romanian Duployan shorthand, 𛰡 represents mijloc, the word for “middle” or “center.” Duployan is a compact writing system for recording speech, and this sign writes a whole word rather than the sound of M.

Duployan shorthand began as a French method

In 1860, the Duployé brothers published a simpler French shorthand based on a method Émile had learned from a version of Conen de Prépéan’s system, revised by shorthand teacher Aimé Paris. They promoted faster writing and broader literacy, including teaching children to read by sounding out words. Later language-specific forms included Romanian stenography and Jean-Marie Le Jeune’s adaptation for Chinook Jargon and Salish languages in British Columbia.