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Mende Kikakui script

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77: 215:. 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. 153: 30: 268:
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:
156:"Mɛɛnde yia" in Mende script Kikakui (read from right to left) 3908: 3903: 3753: 3536: 3437: 3124: 2035: 1766: 1566: 1554: 1542: 1536: 1530: 1453: 1286: 1274: 1257: 1251: 1245: 1203: 1197: 1191: 1055: 1043: 1031: 1025: 1019: 971: 954: 942: 936: 930: 924: 912: 900: 894: 888: 876: 859: 847: 841: 835: 829: 817: 805: 799: 793: 787: 769: 758: 752: 740: 728: 716: 710: 704: 692: 680: 668: 657: 651: 645: 639: 633: 627: 621: 609: 597: 573: 556: 544: 538: 532: 449: 437: 425: 419: 413: 401: 389: 377: 371: 365: 253: 245: 204: 193: 152: 615: 603: 591: 585: 579: 207:
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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4498: 4495: 4494: 4492: 4491: 4486: 4481: 4476: 4471: 4466: 4461: 4456: 4451: 4446: 4441: 4439:Linear Elamite 4436: 4431: 4426: 4421: 4420: 4419: 4414: 4409: 4404: 4399: 4394: 4384: 4379: 4374: 4369: 4364: 4359: 4354: 4349: 4344: 4339: 4334: 4329: 4324: 4319: 4313: 4310: 4309: 4297: 4296: 4293: 4292: 4290: 4289: 4284: 4279: 4274: 4268: 4265: 4264: 4261:Sign languages 4252: 4251: 4248: 4247: 4244: 4243: 4241: 4240: 4238:Quốc Âm Tân Tự 4235: 4230: 4225: 4220: 4215: 4213:Espanca script 4209: 4207: 4203: 4202: 4200: 4199: 4194: 4189: 4184: 4179: 4174: 4172:Linear Elamite 4168: 4166: 4158: 4157: 4145: 4144: 4141: 4140: 4137: 4136: 4134: 4133: 4127: 4125: 4121: 4120: 4118: 4117: 4112: 4107: 4102: 4097: 4091: 4089: 4085: 4084: 4082: 4081: 4076: 4071: 4065: 4063: 4059: 4058: 4056: 4055: 4053:Yi (Classical) 4050: 4045: 4040: 4035: 4030: 4025: 4020: 4014: 4012: 4008: 4007: 4005: 4004: 3999: 3994: 3989: 3984: 3979: 3973: 3971: 3965: 3964: 3961: 3960: 3958: 3957: 3952: 3947: 3942: 3936: 3934: 3930: 3929: 3927: 3926: 3921: 3916: 3911: 3906: 3901: 3900: 3899: 3894: 3889: 3879: 3877:Bronze scripts 3874: 3869: 3864: 3858: 3856: 3847: 3837: 3836: 3824: 3823: 3820: 3819: 3817: 3816: 3811: 3806: 3801: 3796: 3791: 3786: 3781: 3776: 3771: 3766: 3761: 3756: 3751: 3746: 3741: 3736: 3731: 3725: 3722: 3721: 3709: 3708: 3705: 3704: 3701: 3700: 3698: 3697: 3692: 3690:Flag semaphore 3687: 3685:New York Point 3682: 3680:Telegraph code 3677: 3675:Maritime flags 3672: 3666: 3664: 3660: 3659: 3657: 3656: 3651: 3646: 3641: 3636: 3631: 3629:Visible Speech 3626: 3621: 3616: 3611: 3606: 3601: 3599:Sorang Sompeng 3596: 3591: 3586: 3585: 3584: 3579: 3574: 3569: 3564: 3559: 3554: 3549: 3544: 3534: 3529: 3524: 3519: 3514: 3509: 3504: 3503: 3502: 3501: 3500: 3495: 3490: 3485: 3483:Galik alphabet 3480: 3465: 3460: 3455: 3450: 3445: 3440: 3435: 3430: 3425: 3420: 3415: 3410: 3405: 3400: 3395: 3390: 3389: 3388: 3383: 3381:Tironian notes 3378: 3373: 3368: 3363: 3358: 3353: 3348: 3343: 3338: 3333: 3328: 3323: 3313: 3308: 3303: 3298: 3293: 3288: 3283: 3278: 3268: 3263: 3258: 3253: 3248: 3247: 3246: 3241: 3236: 3226: 3224:Garay alphabet 3221: 3216: 3211: 3206: 3201: 3196: 3191: 3186: 3181: 3176: 3175: 3174: 3164: 3159: 3158: 3157: 3152: 3142: 3137: 3132: 3127: 3122: 3117: 3112: 3107: 3102: 3101: 3100: 3090: 3085: 3080: 3074: 3072: 3064: 3063: 3051: 3050: 3047: 3046: 3043: 3042: 3040: 3039: 3034: 3029: 3024: 3019: 3014: 3009: 3007:Sorang Sompeng 3004: 2999: 2994: 2989: 2984: 2979: 2974: 2969: 2964: 2959: 2954: 2949: 2944: 2939: 2934: 2933: 2932: 2930:Déné syllabics 2927: 2917: 2912: 2906: 2904: 2900: 2899: 2896: 2895: 2893: 2892: 2891: 2890: 2885: 2875: 2874: 2873: 2868: 2863: 2858: 2853: 2848: 2843: 2833: 2828: 2823: 2818: 2813: 2808: 2803: 2798: 2793: 2788: 2783: 2778: 2773: 2768: 2767: 2766: 2756: 2751: 2746: 2741: 2736: 2731: 2726: 2721: 2720: 2719: 2714: 2704: 2699: 2694: 2693: 2692: 2682: 2677: 2672: 2667: 2662: 2657: 2656: 2655: 2645: 2640: 2635: 2630: 2625: 2620: 2615: 2610: 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1888: 1878:(2): 169–188. 1864: 1850: 1847: 1844: 1843: 1841:, p. 185. 1831: 1829:, p. 183. 1819: 1806: 1804:, p. 175. 1794: 1792:, p. 170. 1782: 1764: 1763: 1761: 1758: 1755: 1754: 1753: 1752: 1744: 1730: 1729: 1727: 1725: 1723: 1721: 1719: 1717: 1715: 1713: 1711: 1705: 1699: 1693: 1687: 1681: 1675: 1669: 1665: 1664: 1658: 1652: 1646: 1640: 1634: 1628: 1622: 1616: 1610: 1608: 1606: 1600: 1594: 1588: 1582: 1576: 1572: 1571: 1565: 1559: 1553: 1547: 1541: 1535: 1529: 1523: 1517: 1511: 1505: 1499: 1493: 1487: 1481: 1475: 1471: 1470: 1464: 1458: 1452: 1446: 1440: 1434: 1428: 1422: 1416: 1410: 1404: 1398: 1392: 1386: 1380: 1374: 1370: 1369: 1363: 1357: 1351: 1345: 1339: 1333: 1327: 1321: 1315: 1309: 1303: 1297: 1291: 1285: 1279: 1273: 1269: 1268: 1262: 1256: 1250: 1244: 1238: 1232: 1226: 1220: 1214: 1208: 1202: 1196: 1190: 1184: 1178: 1172: 1168: 1167: 1161: 1155: 1149: 1143: 1137: 1131: 1125: 1119: 1113: 1107: 1101: 1095: 1089: 1083: 1077: 1071: 1067: 1066: 1060: 1054: 1048: 1042: 1036: 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5794: 5792: 5789: 5787: 5784: 5782: 5779: 5777: 5774: 5773: 5771: 5751: 5747: 5744: 5740: 5737: 5733: 5732: 5730: 5726: 5719: 5715: 5712: 5711:Night writing 5708: 5705: 5701: 5698: 5694: 5691: 5687: 5686: 5684: 5682: 5677: 5670: 5666: 5663: 5659: 5656: 5652: 5649: 5645: 5642: 5638: 5635: 5631: 5628: 5624: 5623: 5621: 5619:Organisations 5617: 5610: 5606: 5603: 5599: 5596: 5592: 5589: 5585: 5582: 5581:Valentin Haüy 5578: 5575: 5571: 5568: 5564: 5561: 5560:Louis Braille 5557: 5556: 5554: 5550: 5543: 5539: 5536: 5532: 5529: 5525: 5522: 5518: 5515: 5511: 5508: 5504: 5501: 5497: 5494: 5493:Braille watch 5490: 5487: 5483: 5480: 5476: 5473: 5469: 5468: 5466: 5464: 5460: 5453: 5449: 5446: 5442: 5438: 5434: 5431: 5427: 5424: 5420: 5417: 5416:Braille music 5413: 5412: 5410: 5406: 5394: 5390: 5387: 5383: 5380: 5379:Luxembourgish 5376: 5375: 5373: 5369: 5362: 5358: 5355: 5351: 5346: 5342: 5339: 5335: 5332: 5328: 5325: 5321: 5320: 5316: 5315: 5313: 5309: 5301: 5297: 5296: 5294: 5290: 5282: 5278: 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2510:Sylheti Nagri 2508: 2506: 2503: 2501: 2498: 2496: 2493: 2491: 2488: 2484: 2481: 2480: 2479: 2476: 2472: 2469: 2467: 2464: 2462: 2459: 2457: 2454: 2452: 2449: 2447: 2444: 2442: 2439: 2437: 2434: 2432: 2429: 2427: 2424: 2422: 2419: 2417: 2414: 2413: 2412: 2409: 2407: 2404: 2402: 2399: 2397: 2394: 2392: 2389: 2387: 2384: 2382: 2379: 2377: 2374: 2372: 2369: 2367: 2364: 2362: 2359: 2357: 2354: 2352: 2349: 2347: 2344: 2342: 2339: 2337: 2334: 2332: 2329: 2327: 2324: 2322: 2319: 2317: 2314: 2312: 2311:Brahmi script 2309: 2307: 2304: 2302: 2299: 2298: 2296: 2292: 2289: 2287: 2283: 2279: 2275: 2270: 2266: 2256: 2253: 2251: 2248: 2244: 2241: 2239: 2236: 2234: 2231: 2230: 2229: 2226: 2224: 2221: 2217: 2214: 2212: 2209: 2208: 2207: 2206:South Arabian 2204: 2202: 2199: 2197: 2194: 2192: 2189: 2187: 2184: 2180: 2177: 2176: 2175: 2172: 2170: 2167: 2163: 2160: 2158: 2155: 2153: 2152:Inscriptional 2150: 2148: 2145: 2144: 2143: 2140: 2138: 2135: 2133: 2130: 2128: 2125: 2123: 2120: 2118: 2115: 2111: 2108: 2106: 2103: 2101: 2098: 2096: 2093: 2092: 2091: 2088: 2086: 2083: 2081: 2078: 2074: 2071: 2070: 2069: 2066: 2062: 2059: 2058: 2057: 2054: 2053: 2050: 2049: 2045: 2044: 2041: 2037: 2032: 2028: 2024: 2020: 2015: 2011: 2001: 1997: 1993: 1990: 1988: 1985: 1983: 1980: 1979: 1978: 1975: 1974: 1972: 1968: 1962: 1959: 1957: 1954: 1953: 1951: 1947: 1943: 1939: 1935: 1928: 1923: 1921: 1916: 1914: 1909: 1908: 1905: 1899: 1896: 1895: 1885: 1881: 1877: 1873: 1869: 1865: 1858: 1853: 1852: 1840: 1835: 1828: 1823: 1816: 1810: 1803: 1798: 1791: 1786: 1779: 1774: 1772: 1770: 1765: 1749: 1745: 1741: 1737: 1736: 1735: 1731: 1667: 1666: 1574: 1573: 1473: 1472: 1372: 1371: 1271: 1270: 1170: 1169: 1069: 1068: 968: 967: 867: 866: 766: 765: 665: 664: 564: 563: 463: 462: 362: 361: 357: 354: 351: 348: 345: 342: 339: 336: 333: 330: 327: 324: 321: 318: 315: 312: 309: 308: 304: 300: 299: 298:Mende Kikakui 294: 291: 288: 286: 280: 270: 266: 257: 255: 249: 247: 243: 234: 231: 229: 225: 221: 216: 214: 213:Kisimi Kamara 210: 206: 201: 199: 198:Vai syllabary 195: 191: 187: 177: 175: 171: 167: 163: 154: 146: 142: 139: 136: 135:Unicode range 131: 128:Mende Kikakui 127: 124:Unicode alias 121: 118: 114: 104: 102: 98: 93: 90: 87: 83: 78: 72: 69: 65: 61: 55: 52:Mohamed Turay 51: 47: 43: 39: 35: 31: 26: 22:Mende Kikakui 20: 5251:Thai and Lao 4928:Scandinavian 4560:1829 braille 4552:Braille cell 4423: 4352:Cypro-Minoan 4218:Pahawh Hmong 4131:Sitelen Pona 4095:Hindu-Arabic 3428:Mundari Bani 3002:Pahawh Hmong 2811:Tamil-Brahmi 2717:Eveyla Akuru 2712:Dhives Akuru 2179:Paleo-Hebrew 2046: 1982:undeciphered 1875: 1871: 1834: 1822: 1814: 1809: 1797: 1785: 1748: 1740: 1733: 296: 289: 282: 267: 263: 250: 240: 232: 228:Latin script 217: 202: 186:Sierra Leone 183: 174:Sierra Leone 161: 159: 5750:RoboBraille 5574:Róża Czacka 5514:Perforation 5311:Independent 5209:(Bhutanese) 4944:Greenlandic 4615:Azerbaijani 4417:Jindai moji 4306:Syllabaries 4277:SignWriting 4177:Celtiberian 4079:Hieroglyphs 3882:Seal script 3867:Traditional 3739:Blissymbols 3644:Warang Citi 3619:Tolong Siki 3572:Marcomannic 3552:Dalecarlian 3542:Anglo-Saxon 3522:Pau Cin Hau 3413:Medefaidrin 3366:Merovingian 3326:Blackletter 3234:Asomtavruli 3027:Warang Citi 2836:Ulu scripts 2781:New Tai Lue 2724:Mon–Burmese 2578:Bhattiprolu 2406:Nandinagari 2233:ʾEsṭrangēlā 1992:constructed 58:Time period 37:Script type 5770:Categories 5302:(obsolete) 5283:(obsolete) 5075:(Pakistan) 4986:Belarusian 4868:Vietnamese 4811:Portuguese 4797:Philippine 4754:Lithuanian 4407:Hentaigana 4402:Man'yōgana 3862:Simplified 3749:Ersu Shaba 3663:Non-linear 3468:Old Uyghur 3458:Old Permic 3453:Old Italic 3386:Visigothic 3321:Beneventan 3256:Glagolitic 3219:Gadabuursi 2883:Kolezhuthu 2878:Vatteluttu 2816:Tanchangya 2739:Saurashtra 2316:Devanagari 2174:Phoenician 2127:Manichaean 1760:References 260:Characters 211:man named 5718:Vibratese 5697:Moon type 5690:Decapoint 5371:Eight-dot 5324:Cantonese 5273:Reordered 5236:Inuktitut 5125:Malayalam 5035:Ukrainian 5014:Mongolian 4993:Bulgarian 4956:Norwegian 4921:Icelandic 4712:Hungarian 4670:Esperanto 4622:Cantonese 4206:Redundant 4018:Anatolian 3969:Cuneiform 3897:bird-worm 3833:Logograms 3804:Testerian 3718:Ideograms 3695:Moon type 3582:Staveless 3473:Mongolian 3418:Molodtsov 3376:Sütterlin 3244:Mkhedruli 3110:Bassa Vah 3060:Alphabets 3032:Mwangwego 2997:Mwangwego 2972:Kharosthi 2925:Blackfoot 2888:Malayanma 2759:Sundanese 2754:Sukhothai 2702:Malayalam 2653:Khom Thai 2613:Goykanadi 2537:Tocharian 2490:ʼPhags-pa 2361:Khudabadi 2306:Bhaiksuki 2201:Samaritan 2132:Nabataean 1987:inventors 1708:𞣖 1702:𞣕 1696:𞣔 1690:𞣓 1684:𞣒 1678:𞣑 1672:𞣐 1661:𞣏 1655:𞣎 1649:𞣍 1643:𞣌 1637:𞣋 1631:𞣊 1625:𞣉 1619:𞣈 1613:𞣇 1603:𞣄 1597:𞣃 1591:𞣂 1585:𞣁 1579:𞣀 1568:𞢿 1562:𞢾 1556:𞢽 1550:𞢼 1544:𞢻 1538:𞢺 1532:𞢹 1526:𞢸 1520:𞢷 1514:𞢶 1508:𞢵 1502:𞢴 1496:𞢳 1490:𞢲 1484:𞢱 1478:𞢰 1467:𞢯 1461:𞢮 1455:𞢭 1449:𞢬 1443:𞢫 1437:𞢪 1431:𞢩 1425:𞢨 1419:𞢧 1413:𞢦 1407:𞢥 1401:𞢤 1395:𞢣 1389:𞢢 1383:𞢡 1377:𞢠 1366:𞢟 1360:𞢞 1354:𞢝 1348:𞢜 1342:𞢛 1336:𞢚 1330:𞢙 1324:𞢘 1318:𞢗 1312:𞢖 1306:𞢕 1300:𞢔 1294:𞢓 1288:𞢒 1282:𞢑 1276:𞢐 1265:𞢏 1259:𞢎 1253:𞢍 1247:𞢌 1241:𞢋 1235:𞢊 1229:𞢉 1223:𞢈 1217:𞢇 1211:𞢆 1205:𞢅 1199:𞢄 1193:𞢃 1187:𞢂 1181:𞢁 1175:𞢀 1164:𞡿 1158:𞡾 1152:𞡽 1146:𞡼 1140:𞡻 1134:𞡺 1128:𞡹 1122:𞡸 1116:𞡷 1110:𞡶 1104:𞡵 1098:𞡴 1092:𞡳 1086:𞡲 1080:𞡱 1074:𞡰 1063:𞡯 1057:𞡮 1051:𞡭 1045:𞡬 1039:𞡫 1033:𞡪 1027:𞡩 1021:𞡨 1015:𞡧 1009:𞡦 1003:𞡥 997:𞡤 991:𞡣 985:𞡢 979:𞡡 973:𞡠 962:𞡟 956:𞡞 950:𞡝 944:𞡜 938:𞡛 932:𞡚 926:𞡙 920:𞡘 914:𞡗 908:𞡖 902:𞡕 896:𞡔 890:𞡓 884:𞡒 878:𞡑 872:𞡐 861:𞡏 855:𞡎 849:𞡍 843:𞡌 837:𞡋 831:𞡊 825:𞡉 819:𞡈 813:𞡇 807:𞡆 801:𞡅 795:𞡄 789:𞡃 783:𞡂 777:𞡁 771:𞡀 760:𞠿 754:𞠾 748:𞠽 742:𞠼 736:𞠻 730:𞠺 724:𞠹 718:𞠸 712:𞠷 706:𞠶 700:𞠵 694:𞠴 688:𞠳 682:𞠲 676:𞠱 670:𞠰 659:𞠯 653:𞠮 647:𞠭 641:𞠬 635:𞠫 629:𞠪 623:𞠩 617:𞠨 611:𞠧 605:𞠦 599:𞠥 593:𞠤 587:𞠣 581:𞠢 575:𞠡 569:𞠠 558:𞠟 552:𞠞 546:𞠝 540:𞠜 534:𞠛 528:𞠚 522:𞠙 516:𞠘 510:𞠗 504:𞠖 498:𞠕 492:𞠔 486:𞠓 480:𞠒 474:𞠑 468:𞠐 457:𞠏 451:𞠎 445:𞠍 439:𞠌 433:𞠋 427:𞠊 421:𞠉 415:𞠈 409:𞠇 403:𞠆 397:𞠅 391:𞠄 385:𞠃 379:𞠂 373:𞠁 367:𞠀 242:Methodist 166:syllabary 101:ISO 15924 95:ISO 15924 85:Languages 67:Direction 42:Syllabary 5354:Japanese 5215:Georgian 5207:Dzongkha 5193:Armenian 5111:Gujarati 4976:Cyrillic 4907:Estonian 4882:Yugoslav 4818:Romanian 4790:Nigerian 4705:Hawaiian 4691:Ghanaian 4608:Albanian 4469:Sumerian 4434:Linear B 4397:Katakana 4392:Hiragana 4342:Cherokee 4272:ASLwrite 4233:Bopomofo 4088:Numerals 4074:Hieratic 4033:Isthmian 4002:Sumerian 3982:Assyrian 3977:Akkadian 3634:Vithkuqi 3609:Tifinagh 3577:Medieval 3532:Pisidian 3527:Phrygian 3498:Vagindra 3443:Ol Chiki 3351:Interlac 3306:Kayah Li 3296:Jenticha 3251:Veso Bey 3239:Nuskhuri 3229:Georgian 3199:Formosan 3194:Etruscan 3189:Enochian 3145:Cyrillic 3130:Coelbren 3088:Armenian 2987:Meroitic 2977:Mandombe 2967:Jenticha 2831:Tigalari 2796:Tai Viet 2791:Tai Tham 2771:Tagbanwa 2623:Javanese 2573:Baybayin 2563:Balinese 2551:Southern 2446:Pracalit 2441:Pachumol 2416:Bhujimol 2376:Mahajani 2336:Gurmukhi 2326:Gujarati 2294:Northern 2274:Abugidas 2255:Ugaritic 2243:Maḏnḥāyā 2117:Tifinagh 2110:Solitreo 2048:Numerals 1961:Grapheme 1949:Overview 1710:‎ 1704:‎ 1698:‎ 1692:‎ 1686:‎ 1680:‎ 1674:‎ 1668:U+1E8Dx 1663:‎ 1657:‎ 1651:‎ 1645:‎ 1639:‎ 1633:‎ 1627:‎ 1621:‎ 1615:‎ 1605:‎ 1599:‎ 1593:‎ 1587:‎ 1581:‎ 1575:U+1E8Cx 1570:‎ 1564:‎ 1558:‎ 1552:‎ 1546:‎ 1540:‎ 1534:‎ 1528:‎ 1522:‎ 1516:‎ 1510:‎ 1504:‎ 1498:‎ 1492:‎ 1486:‎ 1480:‎ 1474:U+1E8Bx 1469:‎ 1463:‎ 1457:‎ 1451:‎ 1445:‎ 1439:‎ 1433:‎ 1427:‎ 1421:‎ 1415:‎ 1409:‎ 1403:‎ 1397:‎ 1391:‎ 1385:‎ 1379:‎ 1373:U+1E8Ax 1368:‎ 1362:‎ 1356:‎ 1350:‎ 1344:‎ 1338:‎ 1332:‎ 1326:‎ 1320:‎ 1314:‎ 1308:‎ 1302:‎ 1296:‎ 1290:‎ 1284:‎ 1278:‎ 1272:U+1E89x 1267:‎ 1261:‎ 1255:‎ 1249:‎ 1243:‎ 1237:‎ 1231:‎ 1225:‎ 1219:‎ 1213:‎ 1207:‎ 1201:‎ 1195:‎ 1189:‎ 1183:‎ 1177:‎ 1171:U+1E88x 1166:‎ 1160:‎ 1154:‎ 1148:‎ 1142:‎ 1136:‎ 1130:‎ 1124:‎ 1118:‎ 1112:‎ 1106:‎ 1100:‎ 1094:‎ 1088:‎ 1082:‎ 1076:‎ 1070:U+1E87x 1065:‎ 1059:‎ 1053:‎ 1047:‎ 1041:‎ 1035:‎ 1029:‎ 1023:‎ 1017:‎ 1011:‎ 1005:‎ 999:‎ 993:‎ 987:‎ 981:‎ 975:‎ 969:U+1E86x 964:‎ 958:‎ 952:‎ 946:‎ 940:‎ 934:‎ 928:‎ 922:‎ 916:‎ 910:‎ 904:‎ 898:‎ 892:‎ 886:‎ 880:‎ 874:‎ 868:U+1E85x 863:‎ 857:‎ 851:‎ 845:‎ 839:‎ 833:‎ 827:‎ 821:‎ 815:‎ 809:‎ 803:‎ 797:‎ 791:‎ 785:‎ 779:‎ 773:‎ 767:U+1E84x 762:‎ 756:‎ 750:‎ 744:‎ 738:‎ 732:‎ 726:‎ 720:‎ 714:‎ 708:‎ 702:‎ 696:‎ 690:‎ 684:‎ 678:‎ 672:‎ 666:U+1E83x 661:‎ 655:‎ 649:‎ 643:‎ 637:‎ 631:‎ 625:‎ 619:‎ 613:‎ 607:‎ 601:‎ 595:‎ 589:‎ 583:‎ 577:‎ 571:‎ 565:U+1E82x 560:‎ 554:‎ 548:‎ 542:‎ 536:‎ 530:‎ 524:‎ 518:‎ 512:‎ 506:‎ 500:‎ 494:‎ 488:‎ 482:‎ 476:‎ 470:‎ 464:U+1E81x 459:‎ 453:‎ 447:‎ 441:‎ 435:‎ 429:‎ 423:‎ 417:‎ 411:‎ 405:‎ 399:‎ 393:‎ 387:‎ 381:‎ 375:‎ 369:‎ 363:U+1E80x 5259:Tibetan 5200:Burmese 5186:Amharic 5169:(India) 5146:Sinhala 5139:Punjabi 5118:Kannada 5066:Persian 5021:Russian 4961:Swedish 4939:Finnish 4914:Faroese 4889:Zambian 4861:Turkish 4846:Spanish 4769:Maltese 4747:Latvian 4740:Italian 4719:Iñupiaq 4698:Guarani 4658:English 4629:Catalan 4546:⠃⠗⠁⠊⠇⠇⠑ 4541:Braille 4424:Kikakui 4362:Eskayan 4347:Cypriot 4197:Dunging 4069:Demotic 4048:Tenevil 3992:Hittite 3987:Elamite 3940:Jurchen 3919:Sawndip 3914:Chữ Nôm 3814:Zapotec 3809:Yerkish 3784:Nsibidi 3769:Miꞌkmaw 3759:Isotype 3729:Adinkra 3670:Braille 3654:Zaghawa 3624:Vellara 3604:Sunuwar 3594:Sidetic 3589:Shavian 3517:Osmanya 3507:Ol Onal 3361:Kurrent 3346:Insular 3336:Fraktur 3311:Klingon 3301:Kaddare 3275:Archaic 3184:Elbasan 3172:Chinook 3162:Deseret 3150:Bosnian 3105:Avoiuli 3093:Avestan 3083:Ariyaka 3012:Tengwar 2910:Bharati 2871:Serawai 2861:Pasemah 2846:Lampung 2801:Lai Tay 2786:Tai Noi 2749:Sinhala 2729:Pallava 2697:Makasar 2685:Lontara 2660:Kulitan 2633:Kannada 2628:Kadamba 2618:Hanunoo 2608:Grantha 2603:Fakkham 2520:Tibetan 2505:Soyombo 2500:Siddhaṃ 2495:Sharada 2471:Litumol 2461:Tirhuta 2451:Ranjana 2436:Kvemmol 2396:Multani 2381:Marchen 2346:Kalinga 2286:Brahmic 2223:Sogdian 2162:Psalter 2142:Pahlavi 2122:Mandaic 2100:Cursive 2085:Elymaic 2056:Aramaic 1884:1771691 1849:Sources 285:Unicode 273:Unicode 209:Kuranko 205:Quranic 190:abugida 180:History 117:Unicode 49:Creator 5679:Other 5552:People 5542:Braigo 5361:Korean 5229:Hebrew 5160:Telugu 5059:Arabic 5049:Arabic 5007:Kyrgyz 5000:Kazakh 4934:Danish 4832:Slovak 4825:Samoan 4804:Polish 4783:Navajo 4684:German 4677:French 4544:  4489:Yugtun 4479:Woleai 4429:Kpelle 4412:Sōgana 4332:Byblos 4110:Muisca 4028:Cretan 3997:Luwian 3955:Tangut 3774:Mixtec 3744:Dongba 3649:Yezidi 3639:Wancho 3614:Todhri 3567:Gothic 3547:Cipher 3488:Manchu 3478:Evenki 3463:Orkhon 3408:Manchu 3403:Lydian 3398:Lycian 3341:Gaelic 3291:Hanifi 3286:Hangul 3261:Gothic 3209:Fraser 3204:Fox II 3140:Coptic 3115:Carian 3098:Pazend 3071:Linear 3017:Thaana 2962:Sarati 2903:Others 2866:Rejang 2851:Lembak 2841:Incung 2821:Telugu 2776:Tai Le 2670:Langdi 2593:Chakma 2483:Karani 2456:Tamyig 2431:Kummol 2426:Himmol 2421:Golmol 2401:Nagari 2386:Meitei 2371:Lepcha 2356:Khojki 2341:Kaithi 2228:Syriac 2216:Musnad 2095:Ashuri 2090:Hebrew 2073:Elifba 2068:Arabic 2061:Hatran 2036:Abjads 1882:  310:  305:(PDF) 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2680:Leke 2643:Kawi 2598:Cham 2583:Buda 2558:Ahom 2478:Odia 2391:Modi 2147:Book 160:The 106:Mend 4726:IPA 4474:Vai 4382:Idu 3950:Sui 3423:Mru 3393:Luo 3356:IPA 3037:Rma 2734:Pyu 2675:Lao 2530:Umê 1936:of 222:'s 172:of 5772:: 4484:Yi 1874:. 1768:^ 1746:2. 1738:1. 358:F 256:. 176:. 4664:) 4660:( 4533:e 4526:t 4519:v 3277:) 3273:( 1926:e 1919:t 1912:v 1886:. 1876:8 1780:. 355:E 352:D 349:C 346:B 343:A 340:9 337:8 334:7 331:6 328:5 325:4 322:3 319:2 316:1 313:0

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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
Mende Kikakui

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