Bassa Vah
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Bassa Vah is an indigenous script used to write the Bassa language of Liberia, notable for its unique alphabetic characters and tonal marking system.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alphabet
ⓘ
writing system ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup | Bassa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithLanguageFamily | Kru languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competesWith | Latin alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Liberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| encodedInUnicode | true ⓘ |
| hasCharacterCategory |
digits
ⓘ
letters ⓘ punctuation ⓘ tone marks ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | symbol of Bassa identity ⓘ |
| hasDesignPrinciple | one symbol per phoneme ⓘ |
| hasDigitalSupport |
Unicode-compliant keyboards possible
ⓘ
fonts available ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
distinct letter shapes
ⓘ
indigenous script ⓘ separate tone letters or diacritics ⓘ tonal marking system ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalContext | 20th-century development ⓘ |
| hasOrthographicFunction | standardizing Bassa spelling ⓘ |
| hasScriptCode | Bassa Vah (Unicode script) ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeBlockName | Bassa Vah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO15924Code | Bass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfUse | West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represents |
consonant phonemes of Bassa
ⓘ
tone distinctions in Bassa ⓘ vowel phonemes of Bassa ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | indigenous African scripts ⓘ |
| scriptStatus | minority script ⓘ |
| scriptType | alphabetic script ⓘ |
| unicodeBlock | U+16AD0–U+16AFF ⓘ |
| usedBy | Bassa-speaking communities ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cultural preservation
ⓘ
literacy materials in Bassa ⓘ religious texts in Bassa ⓘ |
| usedIn | Liberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingSystemFor | Bassa language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystemScope | single language ⓘ |
| writingSystemStatus | limited use ⓘ |
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