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ADLaM script
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MMS 9840728170702711
Scope note
Script developed in 1989 by the brothers Ibrahima and Abdoulaye Barry from Guinea to write the Fulfulde language. Source: 'The Alphabet That Will Save a People From Disappearing' / Waddell, Kaveh (The Atlantic, 16 November 2016).
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writing systems
Subject category
18.01 LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS GENERAL
Indexing history
Added 2026.
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