Maps
Sites of origin for the Vai, Bamum and Masaba Scripts
DISCLAIMER: This script is still being researched
Data
| Type | Syllabary |
|---|---|
| Family | Mande Niger-Congo |
| Direction | LTR |
| Diacritics | Yes |
| Contextual Forms | No |
| Capitals Used | No |
| Glyphs | 123 |
| Inventor | Woyo Couloubayi |
| Earliest Location | Mali near the Mauritania border |
| Earliest Date | 1930 CE |
| Latest Date | Present |
Bibliography
| Author | Year | Publication | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gérard Galtier | 1987 | Journal des Africanistes, Un exemple d'écriture traditionnelle mandingue : le «masaba» des Bambara-Masasi du Mali, 261-263 | Société des africanistes |
| Piers, Kelly | 2017 | THE INVENTION, TRANSMISSION AND EVOLUTION OF WRITING: INSIGHTS FROM THE NEW SCRIPTS OF WEST AFRICA | Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici |