Salifou Hausa
Script details
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| Code | x-hausa-salifou |
| Script type | alphabet |
| Region | African |
| Status | Current |
| Direction | LTR |
| Baseline | bottom |
| Case | no |
| White space | unspecified |
| Complex behaviors | contextual forms |
| OpenType code | unspecified |
| ISO 15924 Number | none |
Script description
Section titled “Script description”Little is known about the Salifou Hausa script.
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It may also be known as Gobiri. It is thought that there may be people north of Maradi in Niger who use the Salifou Hausa script for writing the Hausa language.
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”The Salifou Hausa script is not yet in Unicode. The script has not yet been added to the Roadmap to the SMP for the Unicode Standard.