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Front Matter

Mende Kikakui

Syllabary created in 1921 by Kisimi Kamara in Sierra Leone — one of the few writing systems independently invented in Africa.

𞠀 𞠁 𞠂 𞠃 𞠄
Era
Modern
Region
Africa
System
Syllabary
Direction
Right to Left (RTL)
Signs
213
Status
Endangered
Syllabary created in 1921 by Kisimi Kamara in Sierra Leone — one of the few writing systems independently invented in Africa. Unusually written right-to-left, it was added to Unicode in 2016.
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The Letters

Signs · Unicode · Types
Sample GlyphsClick to copy
Unicode
Range 1U+1E800–U+1E8DF
Total signs213
Unicode Blocks
Not in Unicode
No Unicode block data available for this script.
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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Reading Mechanics

Direction · Method
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Direction
Right to Left (RTL)
오른쪽에서 왼쪽으로 표기.
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System
Syllabary
⌨
Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
Keyboard layout data not yet available.
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The Lineage

Family · Descendants
Phylogeny
Descendants of hieroglyphs
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family
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In the World

Usage · Reach

Languages

Mende

Countries

Sierra Leone