Vai syllabary

Origin

In the 1820s Dualu Bukele of Jondu, Liberia, was inspired by a dream to create a writing system for the Vai language. The syllabary proved popular with the Vai and by the end of the 19th century, most of them were using it. In 1962, the Standardization Committee at the University of Liberia standardized the syllabary.

Used to write

Vai, a member of Mande group of Niger-Congo languages spoken by about 75,000 people in Liberia

Vai syllabary

The Vai font used on this page was created by Jason Glavy (jglavy@livedoor.com) and is available from: http://www.geocities.com/jglavy/african.html

Vai fonts are also available from:
http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=SILVai

Other syllabaries

Blackfoot, Caroline Island Script, Carrier, Celtiberian, Cherokee, Cree, Cypriot, Hiragana, Iberian, Inuktitut, Katakana, Kpelle, Loma, Mende, Ndjuká, Nüshu, Ojibwe, Vai, Yi