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Mende Kikakui script

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88: 226:. He adjusted and developed the script further with help from his brothers, adding more than 150 other syllabic characters. Kamara popularized the script, travelling widely in Mendeland and becoming a well-known figure, eventually establishing himself as one of the most important chiefs in southern Sierra Leone in the mid 20th century. He is sometimes erroneously cited as the inventor of Kikakui. 164: 41: 279:
Additionally, digits are encoded by indicating the place value on each digit for a number, with the units digit alone having no special indication. Beyond the 10s digit, the further digits are written on top of the base place value indicator, which increases in vertical lines from 2 at the 100s place
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There were an original 42 syllabic characters that were ordered according to sound and shape, while 150 more characters were later added without the same consistency to the character set. Some of the initial 42 characters resemble an abugida, given the standard ability for a reader to discern the
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The script was originally used by specialists who served as record-keepers for the courts and benefited from having a monopoly in its usage. This created resistance to foreign missionaries' attempt to use Kikakui as a language for general instruction and made it seem too 'secret' for local
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vowels from seeing the character, as indicated by dots in consistent locations, but such uniformity vanishes in the remaining 150 characters. Glyphic variants have been found for certain characters.
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Christians' efforts to promulgate the Bible in a widely understood script, so its usage in a Christian context dwindled. The script is, however, still used for transcribing passages of the
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The script achieved widespread use for a time, particularly for financial and legal documents. The colonial authorities' choice in the 1930s to use
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The script was devised by Mohamed Turay (ca. 1850-1923), an Islamic scholar, at a town called Maka (Barri Chiefdom, southern
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and certain indigenous Mende pictograms and cryptographic characters. It originally had around 42 characters.
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Unseth, Peter. 2011. Invention of Scripts in West Africa for Ethnic Revitalization. In
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called 'Kikakui' after the first three consonant sounds, was inspired by the Arabic
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missionaries in Sierra Leone considered using Kikakui to transliterate the
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Kikakui is still used today by an estimated few hundred individuals.
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The Success-Failure Continuum in Language and Ethnic Identity Efforts
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The Unicode block for Mende Kikakui is U+1E800–U+1E8DF:
167:"Mɛɛnde yia" in Mende script Kikakui (read from right to left) 3919: 3914: 3764: 3547: 3448: 3135: 2046: 1777: 1577: 1565: 1553: 1547: 1541: 1464: 1297: 1285: 1268: 1262: 1256: 1214: 1208: 1202: 1066: 1054: 1042: 1036: 1030: 982: 965: 953: 947: 941: 935: 923: 911: 905: 899: 887: 870: 858: 852: 846: 840: 828: 816: 810: 804: 798: 780: 769: 763: 751: 739: 727: 721: 715: 703: 691: 679: 668: 662: 656: 650: 644: 638: 632: 620: 608: 584: 567: 555: 549: 543: 460: 448: 436: 430: 424: 412: 400: 388: 382: 376: 264: 256: 215: 204: 163: 626: 614: 602: 596: 590: 218:
students, as well as his nephew and son-in-law, was a young
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Standard in June 2014 with the release of version 7.0.
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Everson, Michael; Tuchscherer, Konrad (2012-01-24).
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2534: 2533: 2532: 2529: 2527: 2524: 2522: 2521:Sylheti Nagri 2519: 2517: 2514: 2512: 2509: 2507: 2504: 2502: 2499: 2495: 2492: 2491: 2490: 2487: 2483: 2480: 2478: 2475: 2473: 2470: 2468: 2465: 2463: 2460: 2458: 2455: 2453: 2450: 2448: 2445: 2443: 2440: 2438: 2435: 2433: 2430: 2428: 2425: 2424: 2423: 2420: 2418: 2415: 2413: 2410: 2408: 2405: 2403: 2400: 2398: 2395: 2393: 2390: 2388: 2385: 2383: 2380: 2378: 2375: 2373: 2370: 2368: 2365: 2363: 2360: 2358: 2355: 2353: 2350: 2348: 2345: 2343: 2340: 2338: 2335: 2333: 2330: 2328: 2325: 2323: 2322:Brahmi script 2320: 2318: 2315: 2313: 2310: 2309: 2307: 2303: 2300: 2298: 2294: 2290: 2286: 2281: 2277: 2267: 2264: 2262: 2259: 2255: 2252: 2250: 2247: 2245: 2242: 2241: 2240: 2237: 2235: 2232: 2228: 2225: 2223: 2220: 2219: 2218: 2217:South Arabian 2215: 2213: 2210: 2208: 2205: 2203: 2200: 2198: 2195: 2191: 2188: 2187: 2186: 2183: 2181: 2178: 2174: 2171: 2169: 2166: 2164: 2163:Inscriptional 2161: 2159: 2156: 2155: 2154: 2151: 2149: 2146: 2144: 2141: 2139: 2136: 2134: 2131: 2129: 2126: 2122: 2119: 2117: 2114: 2112: 2109: 2107: 2104: 2103: 2102: 2099: 2097: 2094: 2092: 2089: 2085: 2082: 2081: 2080: 2077: 2073: 2070: 2069: 2068: 2065: 2064: 2061: 2060: 2056: 2055: 2052: 2048: 2043: 2039: 2035: 2031: 2026: 2022: 2012: 2008: 2004: 2001: 1999: 1996: 1994: 1991: 1990: 1989: 1986: 1985: 1983: 1979: 1973: 1970: 1968: 1965: 1964: 1962: 1958: 1954: 1950: 1946: 1939: 1934: 1932: 1927: 1925: 1920: 1919: 1916: 1910: 1907: 1906: 1896: 1892: 1888: 1884: 1880: 1876: 1869: 1864: 1863: 1851: 1846: 1839: 1834: 1827: 1821: 1814: 1809: 1802: 1797: 1790: 1785: 1783: 1781: 1776: 1760: 1756: 1752: 1748: 1747: 1746: 1742: 1678: 1677: 1585: 1584: 1484: 1483: 1383: 1382: 1282: 1281: 1181: 1180: 1080: 1079: 979: 978: 878: 877: 777: 776: 676: 675: 575: 574: 474: 473: 373: 372: 368: 365: 362: 359: 356: 353: 350: 347: 344: 341: 338: 335: 332: 329: 326: 323: 320: 319: 315: 311: 310: 309:Mende Kikakui 305: 302: 299: 297: 291: 281: 277: 268: 266: 260: 258: 254: 245: 242: 240: 236: 232: 227: 225: 224:Kisimi Kamara 221: 217: 212: 210: 209:Vai syllabary 206: 202: 198: 188: 186: 182: 178: 174: 165: 157: 153: 150: 147: 146:Unicode range 142: 139:Mende Kikakui 138: 135:Unicode alias 132: 129: 125: 115: 113: 109: 104: 101: 98: 94: 89: 83: 80: 76: 72: 66: 63:Mohamed Turay 62: 58: 54: 50: 46: 42: 37: 33:Mende Kikakui 31: 19: 5262:Thai and Lao 4939:Scandinavian 4571:1829 braille 4563:Braille cell 4434: 4363:Cypro-Minoan 4229:Pahawh Hmong 4142:Sitelen Pona 4106:Hindu-Arabic 3439:Mundari Bani 3013:Pahawh Hmong 2822:Tamil-Brahmi 2728:Eveyla Akuru 2723:Dhives Akuru 2190:Paleo-Hebrew 2057: 1993:undeciphered 1886: 1882: 1845: 1833: 1825: 1820: 1808: 1796: 1759: 1751: 1744: 307: 300: 293: 278: 274: 261: 251: 243: 239:Latin script 228: 213: 197:Sierra Leone 194: 185:Sierra Leone 172: 170: 5761:RoboBraille 5585:Róża Czacka 5525:Perforation 5322:Independent 5220:(Bhutanese) 4955:Greenlandic 4626:Azerbaijani 4428:Jindai moji 4317:Syllabaries 4288:SignWriting 4188:Celtiberian 4090:Hieroglyphs 3893:Seal script 3878:Traditional 3750:Blissymbols 3655:Warang Citi 3630:Tolong Siki 3583:Marcomannic 3563:Dalecarlian 3553:Anglo-Saxon 3533:Pau Cin Hau 3424:Medefaidrin 3377:Merovingian 3337:Blackletter 3245:Asomtavruli 3038:Warang Citi 2847:Ulu scripts 2792:New Tai Lue 2735:Mon–Burmese 2589:Bhattiprolu 2417:Nandinagari 2244:ʾEsṭrangēlā 2003:constructed 69:Time period 48:Script type 5781:Categories 5313:(obsolete) 5294:(obsolete) 5086:(Pakistan) 4997:Belarusian 4879:Vietnamese 4822:Portuguese 4808:Philippine 4765:Lithuanian 4418:Hentaigana 4413:Man'yōgana 3873:Simplified 3760:Ersu Shaba 3674:Non-linear 3479:Old Uyghur 3469:Old Permic 3464:Old Italic 3397:Visigothic 3332:Beneventan 3267:Glagolitic 3230:Gadabuursi 2894:Kolezhuthu 2889:Vatteluttu 2827:Tanchangya 2750:Saurashtra 2327:Devanagari 2185:Phoenician 2138:Manichaean 1771:References 271:Characters 222:man named 5729:Vibratese 5708:Moon type 5701:Decapoint 5382:Eight-dot 5335:Cantonese 5284:Reordered 5247:Inuktitut 5136:Malayalam 5046:Ukrainian 5025:Mongolian 5004:Bulgarian 4967:Norwegian 4932:Icelandic 4723:Hungarian 4681:Esperanto 4633:Cantonese 4217:Redundant 4029:Anatolian 3980:Cuneiform 3908:bird-worm 3844:Logograms 3815:Testerian 3729:Ideograms 3706:Moon type 3593:Staveless 3484:Mongolian 3429:Molodtsov 3387:Sütterlin 3255:Mkhedruli 3121:Bassa Vah 3071:Alphabets 3043:Mwangwego 3008:Mwangwego 2983:Kharosthi 2936:Blackfoot 2899:Malayanma 2770:Sundanese 2765:Sukhothai 2713:Malayalam 2664:Khom Thai 2624:Goykanadi 2548:Tocharian 2501:ʼPhags-pa 2372:Khudabadi 2317:Bhaiksuki 2212:Samaritan 2143:Nabataean 1998:inventors 1719:𞣖 1713:𞣕 1707:𞣔 1701:𞣓 1695:𞣒 1689:𞣑 1683:𞣐 1672:𞣏 1666:𞣎 1660:𞣍 1654:𞣌 1648:𞣋 1642:𞣊 1636:𞣉 1630:𞣈 1624:𞣇 1614:𞣄 1608:𞣃 1602:𞣂 1596:𞣁 1590:𞣀 1579:𞢿 1573:𞢾 1567:𞢽 1561:𞢼 1555:𞢻 1549:𞢺 1543:𞢹 1537:𞢸 1531:𞢷 1525:𞢶 1519:𞢵 1513:𞢴 1507:𞢳 1501:𞢲 1495:𞢱 1489:𞢰 1478:𞢯 1472:𞢮 1466:𞢭 1460:𞢬 1454:𞢫 1448:𞢪 1442:𞢩 1436:𞢨 1430:𞢧 1424:𞢦 1418:𞢥 1412:𞢤 1406:𞢣 1400:𞢢 1394:𞢡 1388:𞢠 1377:𞢟 1371:𞢞 1365:𞢝 1359:𞢜 1353:𞢛 1347:𞢚 1341:𞢙 1335:𞢘 1329:𞢗 1323:𞢖 1317:𞢕 1311:𞢔 1305:𞢓 1299:𞢒 1293:𞢑 1287:𞢐 1276:𞢏 1270:𞢎 1264:𞢍 1258:𞢌 1252:𞢋 1246:𞢊 1240:𞢉 1234:𞢈 1228:𞢇 1222:𞢆 1216:𞢅 1210:𞢄 1204:𞢃 1198:𞢂 1192:𞢁 1186:𞢀 1175:𞡿 1169:𞡾 1163:𞡽 1157:𞡼 1151:𞡻 1145:𞡺 1139:𞡹 1133:𞡸 1127:𞡷 1121:𞡶 1115:𞡵 1109:𞡴 1103:𞡳 1097:𞡲 1091:𞡱 1085:𞡰 1074:𞡯 1068:𞡮 1062:𞡭 1056:𞡬 1050:𞡫 1044:𞡪 1038:𞡩 1032:𞡨 1026:𞡧 1020:𞡦 1014:𞡥 1008:𞡤 1002:𞡣 996:𞡢 990:𞡡 984:𞡠 973:𞡟 967:𞡞 961:𞡝 955:𞡜 949:𞡛 943:𞡚 937:𞡙 931:𞡘 925:𞡗 919:𞡖 913:𞡕 907:𞡔 901:𞡓 895:𞡒 889:𞡑 883:𞡐 872:𞡏 866:𞡎 860:𞡍 854:𞡌 848:𞡋 842:𞡊 836:𞡉 830:𞡈 824:𞡇 818:𞡆 812:𞡅 806:𞡄 800:𞡃 794:𞡂 788:𞡁 782:𞡀 771:𞠿 765:𞠾 759:𞠽 753:𞠼 747:𞠻 741:𞠺 735:𞠹 729:𞠸 723:𞠷 717:𞠶 711:𞠵 705:𞠴 699:𞠳 693:𞠲 687:𞠱 681:𞠰 670:𞠯 664:𞠮 658:𞠭 652:𞠬 646:𞠫 640:𞠪 634:𞠩 628:𞠨 622:𞠧 616:𞠦 610:𞠥 604:𞠤 598:𞠣 592:𞠢 586:𞠡 580:𞠠 569:𞠟 563:𞠞 557:𞠝 551:𞠜 545:𞠛 539:𞠚 533:𞠙 527:𞠘 521:𞠗 515:𞠖 509:𞠕 503:𞠔 497:𞠓 491:𞠒 485:𞠑 479:𞠐 468:𞠏 462:𞠎 456:𞠍 450:𞠌 444:𞠋 438:𞠊 432:𞠉 426:𞠈 420:𞠇 414:𞠆 408:𞠅 402:𞠄 396:𞠃 390:𞠂 384:𞠁 378:𞠀 253:Methodist 177:syllabary 112:ISO 15924 106:ISO 15924 96:Languages 78:Direction 53:Syllabary 5365:Japanese 5226:Georgian 5218:Dzongkha 5204:Armenian 5122:Gujarati 4987:Cyrillic 4918:Estonian 4893:Yugoslav 4829:Romanian 4801:Nigerian 4716:Hawaiian 4702:Ghanaian 4619:Albanian 4480:Sumerian 4445:Linear B 4408:Katakana 4403:Hiragana 4353:Cherokee 4283:ASLwrite 4244:Bopomofo 4099:Numerals 4085:Hieratic 4044:Isthmian 4013:Sumerian 3993:Assyrian 3988:Akkadian 3645:Vithkuqi 3620:Tifinagh 3588:Medieval 3543:Pisidian 3538:Phrygian 3509:Vagindra 3454:Ol Chiki 3362:Interlac 3317:Kayah Li 3307:Jenticha 3262:Veso Bey 3250:Nuskhuri 3240:Georgian 3210:Formosan 3205:Etruscan 3200:Enochian 3156:Cyrillic 3141:Coelbren 3099:Armenian 2998:Meroitic 2988:Mandombe 2978:Jenticha 2842:Tigalari 2807:Tai Viet 2802:Tai Tham 2782:Tagbanwa 2634:Javanese 2584:Baybayin 2574:Balinese 2562:Southern 2457:Pracalit 2452:Pachumol 2427:Bhujimol 2387:Mahajani 2347:Gurmukhi 2337:Gujarati 2305:Northern 2285:Abugidas 2266:Ugaritic 2254:Maḏnḥāyā 2128:Tifinagh 2121:Solitreo 2059:Numerals 1972:Grapheme 1960:Overview 1721:‎ 1715:‎ 1709:‎ 1703:‎ 1697:‎ 1691:‎ 1685:‎ 1679:U+1E8Dx 1674:‎ 1668:‎ 1662:‎ 1656:‎ 1650:‎ 1644:‎ 1638:‎ 1632:‎ 1626:‎ 1616:‎ 1610:‎ 1604:‎ 1598:‎ 1592:‎ 1586:U+1E8Cx 1581:‎ 1575:‎ 1569:‎ 1563:‎ 1557:‎ 1551:‎ 1545:‎ 1539:‎ 1533:‎ 1527:‎ 1521:‎ 1515:‎ 1509:‎ 1503:‎ 1497:‎ 1491:‎ 1485:U+1E8Bx 1480:‎ 1474:‎ 1468:‎ 1462:‎ 1456:‎ 1450:‎ 1444:‎ 1438:‎ 1432:‎ 1426:‎ 1420:‎ 1414:‎ 1408:‎ 1402:‎ 1396:‎ 1390:‎ 1384:U+1E8Ax 1379:‎ 1373:‎ 1367:‎ 1361:‎ 1355:‎ 1349:‎ 1343:‎ 1337:‎ 1331:‎ 1325:‎ 1319:‎ 1313:‎ 1307:‎ 1301:‎ 1295:‎ 1289:‎ 1283:U+1E89x 1278:‎ 1272:‎ 1266:‎ 1260:‎ 1254:‎ 1248:‎ 1242:‎ 1236:‎ 1230:‎ 1224:‎ 1218:‎ 1212:‎ 1206:‎ 1200:‎ 1194:‎ 1188:‎ 1182:U+1E88x 1177:‎ 1171:‎ 1165:‎ 1159:‎ 1153:‎ 1147:‎ 1141:‎ 1135:‎ 1129:‎ 1123:‎ 1117:‎ 1111:‎ 1105:‎ 1099:‎ 1093:‎ 1087:‎ 1081:U+1E87x 1076:‎ 1070:‎ 1064:‎ 1058:‎ 1052:‎ 1046:‎ 1040:‎ 1034:‎ 1028:‎ 1022:‎ 1016:‎ 1010:‎ 1004:‎ 998:‎ 992:‎ 986:‎ 980:U+1E86x 975:‎ 969:‎ 963:‎ 957:‎ 951:‎ 945:‎ 939:‎ 933:‎ 927:‎ 921:‎ 915:‎ 909:‎ 903:‎ 897:‎ 891:‎ 885:‎ 879:U+1E85x 874:‎ 868:‎ 862:‎ 856:‎ 850:‎ 844:‎ 838:‎ 832:‎ 826:‎ 820:‎ 814:‎ 808:‎ 802:‎ 796:‎ 790:‎ 784:‎ 778:U+1E84x 773:‎ 767:‎ 761:‎ 755:‎ 749:‎ 743:‎ 737:‎ 731:‎ 725:‎ 719:‎ 713:‎ 707:‎ 701:‎ 695:‎ 689:‎ 683:‎ 677:U+1E83x 672:‎ 666:‎ 660:‎ 654:‎ 648:‎ 642:‎ 636:‎ 630:‎ 624:‎ 618:‎ 612:‎ 606:‎ 600:‎ 594:‎ 588:‎ 582:‎ 576:U+1E82x 571:‎ 565:‎ 559:‎ 553:‎ 547:‎ 541:‎ 535:‎ 529:‎ 523:‎ 517:‎ 511:‎ 505:‎ 499:‎ 493:‎ 487:‎ 481:‎ 475:U+1E81x 470:‎ 464:‎ 458:‎ 452:‎ 446:‎ 440:‎ 434:‎ 428:‎ 422:‎ 416:‎ 410:‎ 404:‎ 398:‎ 392:‎ 386:‎ 380:‎ 374:U+1E80x 5270:Tibetan 5211:Burmese 5197:Amharic 5180:(India) 5157:Sinhala 5150:Punjabi 5129:Kannada 5077:Persian 5032:Russian 4972:Swedish 4950:Finnish 4925:Faroese 4900:Zambian 4872:Turkish 4857:Spanish 4780:Maltese 4758:Latvian 4751:Italian 4730:Iñupiaq 4709:Guarani 4669:English 4640:Catalan 4557:⠃⠗⠁⠊⠇⠇⠑ 4552:Braille 4435:Kikakui 4373:Eskayan 4358:Cypriot 4208:Dunging 4080:Demotic 4059:Tenevil 4003:Hittite 3998:Elamite 3951:Jurchen 3930:Sawndip 3925:Chữ Nôm 3825:Zapotec 3820:Yerkish 3795:Nsibidi 3780:Miꞌkmaw 3770:Isotype 3740:Adinkra 3681:Braille 3665:Zaghawa 3635:Vellara 3615:Sunuwar 3605:Sidetic 3600:Shavian 3528:Osmanya 3518:Ol Onal 3372:Kurrent 3357:Insular 3347:Fraktur 3322:Klingon 3312:Kaddare 3286:Archaic 3195:Elbasan 3183:Chinook 3173:Deseret 3161:Bosnian 3116:Avoiuli 3104:Avestan 3094:Ariyaka 3023:Tengwar 2921:Bharati 2882:Serawai 2872:Pasemah 2857:Lampung 2812:Lai Tay 2797:Tai Noi 2760:Sinhala 2740:Pallava 2708:Makasar 2696:Lontara 2671:Kulitan 2644:Kannada 2639:Kadamba 2629:Hanunoo 2619:Grantha 2614:Fakkham 2531:Tibetan 2516:Soyombo 2511:Siddhaṃ 2506:Sharada 2482:Litumol 2472:Tirhuta 2462:Ranjana 2447:Kvemmol 2407:Multani 2392:Marchen 2357:Kalinga 2297:Brahmic 2234:Sogdian 2173:Psalter 2153:Pahlavi 2133:Mandaic 2111:Cursive 2096:Elymaic 2067:Aramaic 1895:1771691 1860:Sources 296:Unicode 284:Unicode 220:Kuranko 216:Quranic 201:abugida 191:History 128:Unicode 60:Creator 18:Kikakui 5690:Other 5563:People 5553:Braigo 5372:Korean 5240:Hebrew 5171:Telugu 5070:Arabic 5060:Arabic 5018:Kyrgyz 5011:Kazakh 4945:Danish 4843:Slovak 4836:Samoan 4815:Polish 4794:Navajo 4695:German 4688:French 4555:  4500:Yugtun 4490:Woleai 4440:Kpelle 4423:Sōgana 4343:Byblos 4121:Muisca 4039:Cretan 4008:Luwian 3966:Tangut 3785:Mixtec 3755:Dongba 3660:Yezidi 3650:Wancho 3625:Todhri 3578:Gothic 3558:Cipher 3499:Manchu 3489:Evenki 3474:Orkhon 3419:Manchu 3414:Lydian 3409:Lycian 3352:Gaelic 3302:Hanifi 3297:Hangul 3272:Gothic 3220:Fraser 3215:Fox II 3151:Coptic 3126:Carian 3109:Pazend 3082:Linear 3028:Thaana 2973:Sarati 2914:Others 2877:Rejang 2862:Lembak 2852:Incung 2832:Telugu 2787:Tai Le 2681:Langdi 2604:Chakma 2494:Karani 2467:Tamyig 2442:Kummol 2437:Himmol 2432:Golmol 2412:Nagari 2397:Meitei 2382:Lepcha 2367:Khojki 2352:Kaithi 2239:Syriac 2227:Musnad 2106:Ashuri 2101:Hebrew 2084:Elifba 2079:Arabic 2072:Hatran 2047:Abjads 1893:  321:  316:(PDF) 207:, the 84:  5406:(GS8) 5397:Kanji 5255:Khmer 5233:Greek 5164:Tamil 5097:i.e. 5058:i.e. 5039:Tatar 4985:i.e. 4886:Welsh 4787:Māori 4744:Irish 4662:Dutch 4655:Czech 4465:Nüshu 4333:Bamum 4328:Afaka 4135:Other 4126:Roman 4111:Abjad 4034:Bagam 3935:Bowen 3920:Kanji 3915:Hanja 3903:small 3898:large 3805:Olmec 3775:Kaidā 3765:Emoji 3745:Aztec 3548:Runic 3523:Osage 3504:Oirat 3449:Ogham 3382:Sigla 3327:Latin 3282:Greek 3166:Early 3136:Cirth 3089:Adlam 2958:Geʽez 2953:Fox I 2817:Tamil 2676:Lanna 2659:Khmer 2649:Karen 2599:Buhid 2579:Batak 2536:Uchen 2526:Takri 2477:Limbu 2377:Laṇḍā 2362:Khema 2342:Gupta 2332:Dogri 2249:Serṭā 2222:Zabur 2207:Punic 2180:Pegon 2116:Rashi 2030:Types 1981:Lists 1945:Types 1891:JSTOR 1871:(PDF) 1745:Notes 265:Quran 257:Bible 248:Usage 205:abjad 175:is a 120:(438) 100:Mende 5178:Urdu 5143:Odia 5084:Urdu 4460:Loma 4455:Lisu 4398:Kana 4388:Iban 4378:Geba 4338:Bété 4293:si5s 4203:Khom 4176:Full 4049:Maya 3444:N'Ko 3003:Miao 2948:Dham 2867:Ogan 2837:Thai 2755:Shan 2691:Leke 2654:Kawi 2609:Cham 2594:Buda 2569:Ahom 2489:Odia 2402:Modi 2158:Book 171:The 117:Mend 4737:IPA 4485:Vai 4393:Idu 3961:Sui 3434:Mru 3404:Luo 3367:IPA 3048:Rma 2745:Pyu 2686:Lao 2541:Umê 1947:of 233:'s 183:of 5783:: 4495:Yi 1885:. 1779:^ 1757:2. 1749:1. 369:F 267:. 187:. 4675:) 4671:( 4544:e 4537:t 4530:v 3288:) 3284:( 1937:e 1930:t 1923:v 1897:. 1887:8 1791:. 366:E 363:D 360:C 357:B 354:A 351:9 348:8 345:7 342:6 339:5 336:4 333:3 330:2 327:1 324:0 20:)

Index

Kikakui

Syllabary
Right-to-left script
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Mende
ISO 15924
Unicode
Unicode range
U+1E800–U+1E8DF
Final Accepted Script Proposal

syllabary
Mende language
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
abugida
abjad
Vai syllabary
Quranic
Kuranko
Kisimi Kamara
Diedrich Hermann Westermann
Africa Alphabet
Latin script
Methodist
Bible
Quran
Mende Kikakui (Unicode block)
Unicode

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