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Mandombe script
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MMS 9840534816502711
Scope note
Script proposed in 1978 in the Bas-Congo province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Wabeladio Payi, who related that it was revealed to him in a dream by the founder of the Kimbanguist Church, Simon Kimbangu.
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Mandombe
Broader terms
writing systems
Subject category
18.01 LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS GENERAL
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Added 2025
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