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01Front Matter04The Letters06Mechanics07Lineage08In the World
SCRIPTA · MEDEFAIDRIN
01Front Matter04The Letters06Mechanics07Lineage08In the World
01OVERVIEW

Front Matter

SCRIPT · PROFILE

Medefaidrin

Reportedly created through divine revelation in the 1930s by Michael Ndebi of the Obom people in Cross River State, Nigeria.

𖹀 𖹁 𖹂 𖹃 𖹄
Era
Modern
Region
Africa
System
Alphabet
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
Signs
91
Status
Endangered
Reportedly created through divine revelation in the 1930s by Michael Ndebi of the Obom people in Cross River State, Nigeria. Used as the official script of the Aibon church community. One of the most distinctive modern indigenous scripts in Africa.
04SPECIMEN

The Letters

Signs · Unicode · Types
Sample GlyphsClick to copy
Unicode
Range 1U+16E40–U+16E9F
Total signs91
Unicode Blocks
Not in Unicode
No Unicode block data available for this script.
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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06MECHANICS

Reading Mechanics

Direction · Method
↔
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
Written left to right.
α
System
Alphabet
⌨
Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
Keyboard layout data not yet available.
07LINEAGE

The Lineage

Family · Descendants
Phylogeny
Ancestors & descendants
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family
08REACH

In the World

Usage · Reach

Languages

Obom (Medefaidrin)

Countries

Nigeria
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