Other African Writing Systems

 

Figure 6: Scripts for African Languages of the Mande family.

Scripts for Other Mande Languages

 

Figure 7: Other West African Scripts

  1. Vai - Liberia
  2. Bassa - Liberia 
  3. Kpelle - Liberia
  4. Loma - Liberia
  5. Manenka - ?Liberia
  6. Mende - Sierra Leone
  7. Bambara - Sierra Leone
  8. Fula Dita [Fulani] - northern Nigeria
  9. Fula (Ba) [Fulani] -northern Nigeria
  10. Bete - ?
  11. Oberi Okaime - ?
  12. DJuka - ?
  13. Bamoun - Cameroon
  14. Wolof - Senegal

Figure 8: Locations of West African Scripts

1. Vai et Mende
2. Loma
3. Bambara
8. Bamoun
 
 

Figure 9: A Sample of Bamoun Writing

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