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What does it look like?
Representative glyphs and samples
◈Sample Glyphs(click to copy)
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Origins & History
Origins, history and genealogy
✦Key Features
Created by brothers Ibrahima and Abdoulaye Barry in 1989 for Fula/Fulani. One of Africa's newest indigenous scripts, with growing smartphone support.
↔Writing direction: Right to Left (RTL)
U+Unicode Information
Code Block Range
Total Characters
28
Sample Code Points(click to copy)
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How is it used?
Glyph evolution, keyboard & Unicode
◎Glyph Evolution
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⌨Keyboard Layout
Adlam Keyboard (Fula)
Script of the Fula people of West Africa. Created in the 1980s. Right-to-left.
𞤀
𞤁
𞤂
𞤃
𞤄
𞤅
𞤆
𞤇
𞤈
𞤉
𞤊
𞤋
𞤌
𞤍
𞤎
𞤏
𞤐
𞤑
𞤒
𞤓
𞤔
𞤕
𞤖
𞤗
𞤘
𞤙
𞤚
𞤛
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💡 Adlam serves ~40 million Fula speakers. 28-letter alphabet created by Ibrahima and Abdoulaye Barry.
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Where is it used?
Languages, countries and users
🌐Usage
Languages
Fula (Fulani)
Countries
Guinea기니비사우MaliSenegalNigeria
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