Adlam 
The Adlam alphabet was created in the 1980s by Ibrahima and
Abdoulaye Barry, two brothers from Guinea who decided that their
language, Fulani, needed its own alphabet. The name of the alphabet
comes from the first four letters, A, D, L, and M.
The brothers produced a number of handwritten books in their
alphabet and taught their family to read and write it. Then they
taught the women and children in their village. The alphabet became
more and more popular and the brothers set up learning centres in
Togo, Senegal, Benin, and even in New York.
When a way of printed the alphabet was developed, a newspaper and
books were published. However the government of Guinea were opposed
to the alphabet, and Ibrahim Barry was sent to prison for three months
in 2007. After being released he emigrated to the USA and produced
fonts for the alphabet in 2012.
Notable features
- Type of script: alphabet
- Direction of writing: right to left
- Number of glyphs: 28
- Letters have upper and lower case forms, and independent and joined forms
- Diacritics are used to indicate vowel length, gemination, the glottal stop, and foreign sounds
Used to write
Fula or Fulani is a member of the Senegambian branch of the
Niger-Congo language family spoken by about 13 million
people in many parts of West Africa. It is the first language
of the Fulɓe (Fula/Fulani), who life mainly in West
Africa, and also in Central and North Africa. Fula is also
spoken as a second language by others in the region. Fula
speakers can be found in Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Guinea,
Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Chad, Sierra
Leone, Benin, Guinea-Bissau, Sudan, Central African Republic,
Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Liberia and Gabon.
Adlam alphabet
Some information about the Adlam alphabet supplied by Michael Peter Füstumum
Sample text in Adlam
Tranliteration
Innama aadeeji fof poti, ndimɗidi e jibinannde to bannge hakkeeji.
Eɓe ngoodi miijo e hakkilantaagal ete eɓe poti huufo ndirde
e nder ɓ iynguyummaagu.
Translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They
are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another
in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Information about Fula |
Adamaua Fulfulde |
Adlam alphabet |
Tower of Babel in Fula
Links
Information about Adlam
http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2014/14219r-n4628-adlam.pdf
http://std.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC2/WG2/docs/n4488.pdf
http://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=script_detail&key=Adlm
Adlam fonts
http://www.windenjangen.org/download_keyboard
http://unifoundry.com/unifont.html
Senegambian languages
Adamaua Fulfulde,
Fula(ni),
Serer,
Wolof
- Adlam,
- Armenian,
- Avestan,
- Avoiuli,
- Bassa (Vah),
- Beitha Kukju,
- Borama / Gadabuursi,
- Carian,
- Carpathian Basin Rovas,
- Chinuk pipa,
- Coorgi-Cox,
- Coptic,
- Cyrillic,
- Dalecarlian runes,
- Elbasan,
- Etruscan,
- Faliscan,
- Galik,
- Georgian (Asomtavruli),
- Georgian (Nuskhuri),
- Georgian (Mkhedruli),
- Glagolitic,
- Gothic,
- Greek,
- Irish (Uncial),
- Kaddare,
- Khazarian Rovas,
- Korean,
- Latin,
- Lepontic,
- Lycian,
- Lydian,
- Manchu,
- Meroïtic,
- Messapic,
- Mongolian,
- N'Ko,
- Ogham,
- Old Church Slavonic,
- Oirat Clear Script,
- Old Italic,
- Old Permic,
- Orkhon,
- Oscan,
- Phrygian,
- Pollard script,
- Runic,
- Santali,
- Székely-Hungarian Rovás (Hungarian Runes),
- Somali (Osmanya),
- Sutton SignWriting,
- Tai Lue,
- Thaana,
- Todhri,
- Umbrian,
- Uyghur
