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African reference alphabet

set of 60 letters (in the latter edition), used for writing various African languages; initially proposed in 1978 and revised in 1982
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African reference alphabet

Summary

African reference alphabet is a phonetic alphabet[1]. It draws 49 Wikipedia views per month (phonetic_alphabet category, ranking #13 of 22).[2]

Key Facts

  • African reference alphabet's instance of is recorded as phonetic alphabet[3].
  • African reference alphabet's instance of is recorded as Latin-script alphabet[4].
  • African reference alphabet's Commons category is recorded as African reference alphabet[5].
  • African reference alphabet's has part is recorded as Q9659[6].
  • African reference alphabet's has part is recorded as Ɑ[7].
  • African reference alphabet's has part is recorded as B/b[8].
  • African reference alphabet's has part is recorded as Ɓ[9].
  • African reference alphabet's has part is recorded as C/c[10].
  • +1978-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of African reference alphabet[11].
  • African reference alphabet's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01k9mp[12].
  • African reference alphabet's has part is recorded as letter[13].

Why It Matters

African reference alphabet draws 49 Wikipedia views per month (phonetic_alphabet category, ranking #13 of 22).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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