Writing Systems

BamuninBamum

bax·BamuSyllabaryMultiple-source attestation (MAIN)

GlotScript records this relationship through multiple-source attestation. Present-day usage, official status, region and dates are unknown here unless separately sourced. How to interpret the evidence.

Language
ISO 639-3baxStatusLivingScopeIndividualScripts used2
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Script
ISO 15924BamuFamilyCentral AfricanOriginCentral AfricaDirectionLeft-to-rightStatusLiving scriptOpenType tagbamu

Bamum script, created by King Ibrahim Njoya of the Bamum Kingdom (Cameroon) c. 1896. It evolved through seven phases; the final phase is used today for the Bamum language.