This script is used by speakers of the Ndyuka language. the Ndyuka people are one of six Maroon peoples who live in the rainforests on the interior of the country. This script may no longer be in use because it lacks cultural significance to many Ndyuka people.
Afaka
This is the first letter written by Afaka
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afaka_syllabary
Unicode Chart
Maps
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Data
ISO 15924 | Afak 439 |
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Type | Abugida |
Direction | LTR |
Diacritics | No |
Contextual Forms | No |
Capitals Used | No |
Glyphs | 56 |
Inventor | Afaka Atumisi |
Earliest Location | Suriname |
Earliest Date | 1910 CE |
Latest Date | Present |
Ancestry |
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Overview
Bibliography
Author | Year | Publication | Publisher |
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Coulmas, Florian | 1999 | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writing Systems, 110-136 | Blackwell Publishing |