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A new way of writing – a script for the Vai language – was invented in Liberia in the early 19th century. Mọmọlu Duwalu Bukẹlẹ later explained how, on the basis of a dream, he invented a full syllabic script – that is, each character represents one syllable. He may also have taken inspiration from an earlier pictographic system. A British naval officer, Lieutenant Frederick Forbes, came across this script in 1849 and sent these two documents to the British Museum. The first, a two-sided document of which we show both sides, is written entirely in the script. The second gives the English equivalents of the characters.

What the Vai Script Reveals About the Evolution of Writing

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A new study sheds new light on What the Vai Script Reveals About the Evolution of Writing. This system is one of about 30 Indigenous languages of Liberia. Written letter shapes evolve over time, but s...