Bamum script
Set of scripts for the Bamum language of Cameroon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Bamum scripts are an evolutionary series of six scripts created for the Bamum language by Ibrahim Njoya, King of Bamum (now western Cameroon). They are notable for evolving from a pictographic system to a semi-syllabary in the space of fourteen years, from 1896 to 1910. Bamum type was cast in 1918, but the script fell into disuse around 1931. A project began around 2007 to revive the Bamum script. [1]
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Bamum | |
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Script type | |
Time period | c. 1896, moribund c. 1931, revived c. 2007 |
Direction | Left-to-right |
Languages | Bamum |
Related scripts | |
Child systems | Bagam? |
ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Bamu (435), Bamum |
Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Bamum |
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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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