Adlam

bicameral alphabet invented in Guinea to write the Fulah language from right to left
Thing alphabet Q19606346
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Adlam

Summary

Adlam is an alphabet[1]. Adlam draws 247 Wikipedia views per month (alphabet category, ranking #19 of 62).[2]

Key Facts

  • Adlam's image is recorded as Adlam acronym.png[3].
  • Adlam's instance of is recorded as alphabet[4].
  • Adlam's instance of is recorded as constructed writing system[5].
  • Adlam's subclass of is recorded as alphabetic writing system[6].
  • Adlam's subclass of is recorded as bicameral script[7].
  • Adlam's Commons category is recorded as Adlam script[8].
  • Adlam's language of work or name is recorded as Fula[9].
  • Adlam's country of origin is recorded as Guinea[10].
  • Adlam's ISO 15924 alpha-4 code is recorded as Adlm[11].
  • +1989-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Adlam[12].
  • Adlam's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Adlam's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Adlam script[14].
  • Adlam's script directionality is recorded as right-to-left[15].
  • Adlam's used by is recorded as Fula[16].
  • Adlam's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ff', 'text': '𞤀𞤣𞤤𞤢𞤥 𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞤪'}[17].
  • Adlam's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Adlam'}[18].
  • Adlam's name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'adlam'}[19].
  • Adlam's ISO 15924 numeric code is recorded as 166[20].
  • Adlam's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11b6gd1ck1[21].
  • Adlam's Unicode range is recorded as U+1E900-1E95F[22].
  • Adlam's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 아들람 문자[23].

Why It Matters

Adlam draws 247 Wikipedia views per month (alphabet category, ranking #19 of 62).[2] Adlam has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Adlam is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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