Fula-2 (Ba)
Script details
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| Code | x-fula-ba |
| Script type | alphabet |
| Region | African |
| Status | Current |
| Direction | LTR |
| Baseline | bottom |
| Case | no |
| White space | unspecified |
| Complex behaviors | none |
| OpenType code | unspecified |
| ISO 15924 Number | none |
Script description
Section titled “Script description”The Fula Ba script was created by Adama Ba of Mali, around 1963.
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It is one of two African alphabets used for writing the Fula languages spoken in Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Chad, Sierra Leone, Benin, Guinea-Bissau, Sudan, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Liberia, and Gabon. The second of these alphabets is Fula Dita. The Fula languages are more commonly written with the Latin or Arabic scripts (Ajami style) than with either of the two Fula alphabets. Of the two, Fula Dita has been used more widely than Fula Ba.
This script is not currently recognized by the ISO 15924 standard
, but is included in Writing Systems Technical Resources for research purposes. If you have any information on this script, please add the information to this site. Your contributions can be a great help in refining and expanding the ISO 15924 standard. The Script Encoding Initiative is working to support the inclusion of this script in the standard, and contributions here will support their efforts.
Languages that use this script
Section titled “Languages that use this script”There are no known languages that use this script.
Unicode status
Section titled “Unicode status”Resources
Section titled “Resources”Bibliography
- Dalby, David. “Further Indigenous Scripts of West Africa: Manding, Wolof and Fula Alphabets and Yoruba 'Holy' Writing”. African Language Studies, vol. X, 1969, pp. 161-181.
- Mafundikwa, Saki. “The Fula Alphabet”. Afrikan Alphabets, Mark Batty, 2004, p. 132.