Garay
Script details
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| Code | Gara |
| Script type | alphabet |
| Region | African |
| Status | Current |
| Direction | RTL |
| Baseline | bottom |
| Case | no |
| White space | between words |
| Complex behaviors | contextual forms |
| OpenType code | gara |
| ISO 15924 Numeric Code / Key | 164 (right-to-left alphabetic) |
Script description
The Garay (also called Wolof) alphabet was created by Assane Faye in 1961 for writing the Wolof language, spoken in Senegal.
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The script is written from right to left using twenty-five consonant letters (including a ‘vowel-carrier’), four basic vowel signs, a vowel-length mark, a zero-vowel mark, and a gemination sign. Each consonant has an initial and a non-initial form.
It is unknown whether the script is in use; the Wolof language is normally written with the Latin script. Charles Riley conducted a research trip to Senegal in 2009, during which time he met with Assane Faye and visited his home. He reported that Assane Faye had been offering lessons in the script to hundreds of people over the years, translated the Koran using it, and had a house filled with dozens of unpublished handwritten texts.
Languages that use this script
| Language | Writing System Code | Writing System Status | SLDR/CLDR locale | Regional variants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolof | wo-Gara | in use | wo-Gara-SN |
Unicode status
In The Unicode Standard, Garay Script implementation is discussed in Chapter 19 Africa
.
Resources
- ScriptSource page for Garay - all about scripts, languages, and writing systems
- Wikipedia article on Garay