Vai syllabary
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The Vai syllabary is a syllabic writing system devised for the Vai language by Momolu Duwalu Bukele of Jondu, in what is now Grand Cape Mount County, Liberia.[1][2][3] Bukele is regarded within the Vai community, as well as by most scholars, as the syllabary's inventor and chief promoter when it was first documented in the 1830s. It is one of the two most successful indigenous scripts in West Africa in terms of the number of current users and the availability of literature written in the script, the other being N'Ko.[4] [5]
Quick Facts Vai ꕙꔤ, Script type ...
Vai ꕙꔤ | |
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Script type | |
Time period | 1830s–present |
Direction | Left-to-right |
Languages | Vai |
ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Vaii (470), Vai |
Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Vai |
U+A500–U+A63F | |
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
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