Duployan Letter N S

It is one Duployan sign combining N and S.

Duployan is a shorthand writing system: its signs join into outlines that represent speech, so this character is read as part of an outline rather than as a standalone word. The N–S sign connects like the Duployan N sign.

In the Pernin, Sloan, and Perrault versions, the sign represents “ng.” That value does not apply to every Duployan tradition; read it using the rules of the particular shorthand system.

How did Duployan shorthand spread?

It grew from French stenography into a writing tool for communities.

The recognisable Duployé system was published in 1860. Émile Duployé and his brother simplified a variant connected with earlier French shorthand systems associated with Conen de Prépéan and Aimé Paris. The aim was faster writing and reading. By the late nineteenth century, Duployan was used for popular education and commercial writing.

In British Columbia, Father Jean-Marie Le Jeune adapted it around 1890 for Chinook Jargon and Salishan languages. People used it for prayers, lessons, songs, and newsletters. The Kamloops Wawa, published 1891–1923, preserves a substantial record of this community writing.