Ajami
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Ajami is an adapted form of the Arabic script historically used to write various African languages, including Pulaar, for religious, literary, and administrative purposes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ajami canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
script variant
ⓘ
writing system ⓘ |
| adaptationFeature |
additional diacritics for vowels
ⓘ
innovative letter shapes ⓘ modified Arabic letters ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion | Islam ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
medium of indigenous literacy
ⓘ
preservation of African oral traditions ⓘ vehicle of Islamization in Africa ⓘ |
| function |
recording Islamic scholarship
ⓘ
recording legal documents ⓘ recording local histories ⓘ recording poetry ⓘ recording trade records ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Fula Ajami
ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
surface form:
Hausa Ajami
Mandinka Ajami ⓘ Wolof ⓘ
surface form:
Wolofal
|
| historicallyUsedIn |
Central Africa
ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ West Africa ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Classical Arabic orthography
ⓘ
Persian and Ottoman Arabic-script practices ⓘ |
| orthographicStatus | often lacks standardization ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Arabic-derived script ⓘ |
| scriptUsageContext |
Quranic schools in Africa
ⓘ
Sufi brotherhoods in West Africa ⓘ local administration in precolonial states ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early modern period
ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ modern period ⓘ |
| usedByCommunity |
Islamic clerics in West Africa
ⓘ
Muslim scholars in Africa ⓘ |
| usedFor |
African languages
ⓘ
administrative documents ⓘ literary texts ⓘ religious texts ⓘ |
| usedToWriteLanguage |
Fula language
ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
surface form:
Hausa language
Kanuri ⓘ
surface form:
Kanuri language
Mandinka language ⓘ Pulaar ⓘ Songhay languages ⓘ Swahili language ⓘ Wolof ⓘ
surface form:
Wolof language
Yoruba ⓘ
surface form:
Yoruba language
|
| usesScript | Arabic script ⓘ |
| writingDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | abjad ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.