Adlam script

E289569
alphabetic writing system script writing system

The Adlam script is an alphabetic writing system created in the late 20th century to represent the Fulani (Fulfulde) language and promote literacy among its speakers in West Africa.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Adlam script canonical 4
Adlam 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alphabetic writing system ⓘ
script ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
communityDrivenStandardization true ⓘ
creationEndYear 1990 ⓘ
creationPeriod late 20th century ⓘ
creationStartYear 1989 ⓘ
creator Abdoulaye Barry ⓘ
Ibrahima Barry ⓘ
creatorNationality Guinean ⓘ
designedForOrthographicReform true ⓘ
designedToBePhonemic true ⓘ
digitalFontsAvailable true ⓘ
direction right-to-left ⓘ
hasDiacritics true ⓘ
hasLowercase true ⓘ
hasNumerals true ⓘ
hasUppercase true ⓘ
hasVowelLetters true ⓘ
ISO15924Code Adlm ⓘ
ISO15924Number 166 ⓘ
primaryLanguage Fula language ⓘ
Fulfulde ⓘ
Pulaar ⓘ
Pular ⓘ
purpose promote literacy among Fula speakers ⓘ
represent the Fula language in writing ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
scriptFamily indigenous African scripts ⓘ
supportsNasalizationMarking true ⓘ
supportsToneMarking true ⓘ
UnicodeBlockName Adlam script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Adlam
UnicodeBlockRange U+1E900–U+1E95F ⓘ
UnicodeVersionIntroduced Unicode 9.0 ⓘ
UnicodeVersionIntroducedYear 2016 ⓘ
usedForEducationMaterials true ⓘ
usedForPrintMedia true ⓘ
usedForReligiousTexts true ⓘ
usedInCountry Cameroon ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Guinea ⓘ
Liberia ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
usedOnMobileDevices true ⓘ
writingSystemType alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Fulfulde → writingSystem → Adlam script ⓘ
Fula language → hasWritingSystem → Adlam script ⓘ
Fula language → hasNotableScript → Adlam script ⓘ
Pular → writingSystem → Adlam script ⓘ
Adlam script → UnicodeBlockName → Adlam script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Adlam