Ajami script

E222793
Arabic-derived script abjad writing system

Ajami script is a modified form of the Arabic script historically used to write various African languages such as Hausa, Fulani, and Wolof.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ajami script canonical 5
Ajami (Arabic-based) script 1
Ajami scripts 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic-derived script ⓘ
abjad ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedWith Islam in West Africa ⓘ
Islamic education in Africa ⓘ
basedOn Arabic alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Arabic script
developedFor representation of African languages in Arabic script ⓘ
encodingStatus partially encoded in Unicode through Arabic script extensions ⓘ
feature adaptation to African phonologies ⓘ
additional diacritics ⓘ
language-specific orthographic conventions ⓘ
modified Arabic letters ⓘ
historicalUse Islamic scholarship ⓘ
administrative documents ⓘ
commercial records ⓘ
personal correspondence ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
nameEtymology derived from Arabic term "ʿajamī" meaning "non-Arabic" or "foreign" ⓘ
orthographicType non-standardized across languages ⓘ
primaryUsers Muslim communities in West Africa ⓘ
region Sahel ⓘ
Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
scriptDirection cursive ⓘ
scriptVariantOf Arabic script ⓘ
status partly replaced by Latin script orthographies ⓘ
still used in some communities ⓘ
timePeriod colonial period in Africa ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
usedBy Fulani scholars ⓘ
Hausa scholars ⓘ
Wolof scholars ⓘ
usedFor Fula language ⓘ
Fula language ⓘ
surface form: Fulani language

Hausa language ⓘ
Kanuri ⓘ
surface form: Kanuri language

Mandinka language ⓘ
Mande languages ⓘ
surface form: Soninke language

Swahili language ⓘ
Wolof ⓘ
surface form: Wolof language

Yoruba language ⓘ
various Sahelian languages ⓘ
various West African languages ⓘ
usesScript Arabic script ⓘ
writingDirection right-to-left ⓘ
writingSystemFamily Arabic script family ⓘ
writingSystemType consonant-based script ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boko alphabet → coexistsWith → Ajami script ⓘ
Nana Asma’u → languageWritten → Ajami script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ajami scripts
Hausa-Fulani → usesWritingSystem → Ajami script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ajami (Arabic-based) script
Sri Lankan Moors → scriptUsedHistorically → Ajami script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arwi (Arabic Tamil script)
Hausa people → writingSystem → Ajami script ⓘ
Kanuri people → writingSystem → Ajami script ⓘ
Dogon languages → hasWritingSystem → Ajami script ⓘ
Hadejia Emirate → scriptUsedHistorically → Ajami script ⓘ