Vai syllabary

writing system constructed in the 1830s for the Vai language in Liberia

Place constructed_writing_system Q523078

Facts

10 properties

Identity

Instance of: constructed writing system, syllabary, unicase alphabet^[3]^[4]
Inception: 1830^[8]
Native label: ꕙꔤ^[10]

More facts +7

Language of work or name: Vai^[7]
Has use: Vai^[6]
Creator: Momolu Duwalu Bukele^[2]
Name: Vai, vaï^[11]^[12]
Place of publication: Liberia^[5]
Script directionality: left-to-right^[9]
Unicode range: U+A500-A63F^[13]

🏷️ Also known as

en Vaii en Vai syllabary en Vai script ar نظام الكتابة المقطعية للفاي de Vai-Schrift el Συλλαβάριο Βάι es Silabario vai fi vai-kirjoitus fr écriture vaïe fr syllabaire vaï hu vai szótagírás ja ヴァイ文字 ko 바이 문자 pl Sylabariusz vai pt Silabário vai ru Ваи th อักษรไว tr Vai hece yazısı uk Ваї zh 瓦伊语音节

🔖 Identifiers · 8

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Vaiscript-fiveexamples.svg ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: topic/Vai-script
Freebase ID: /m/0gqb3h
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 1894189
ISO 15924 alpha-4 code: Vaii
ISO 15924 numeric code: 470
NicoNicoPedia ID: ヴァイ文字
Topic's main category: Category:Vai script

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Instance of 3

syllabary, constructed writing system, unicase alphabet

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Vai, GNU Unifont, Code2000

Creator 1

Momolu Duwalu Bukele

Has use 1

Vai

Language of work or name 1

Vai

Place of publication 1

Liberia

Topic's main category 1

Category:Vai script

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Category:Vai script

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Summary

Vai syllabary is a constructed writing system^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[3] ↑ Vai syllabary — instance of (P31): syllabary. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Vai syllabary — instance of (P31): unicase alphabet. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Vai syllabary — creator (P170): Momolu Duwalu Bukele. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Vai syllabary — place of publication (P291): Liberia. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Vai syllabary — has use (P366): Vai. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Vai syllabary — language of work or name (P407): Vai. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Vai syllabary — inception (P571): 1830. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Vai syllabary — script directionality (P1406): left-to-right. unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Vai syllabary — native label (P1705): {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ꕙꔤ'}. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Vai syllabary — name (P2561): {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Vai'}. unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Vai syllabary — name (P2561): {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'vaï'}. unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Vai syllabary — Unicode range (P5949): U+A500-A63F. unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Vai syllabary is an instance of constructed writing system (Q1191702) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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