Garay alphabet
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title:
Garay alphabet
text:
The Garay alphabet was designed in 1961, as a transcription system "[marrying] African sociolinguistic characteristics" according to its inventor, Assane Faye. This alphabet has 25 consonants and 14 vowels. It is used in particular for the writing of the Wolof language, spoken mostly in Senegal, although it is more often written in the Latin alphabet and to a lesser extent in the Arabic (Wolofal) alphabet. It is written from right to left, and distinguishes letter case.
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description:
Arabic-like alphabet for Wolof
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garay_alphabet
date created:
2016-05-25T17:41:09Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T03:02:56Z
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