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Kisimi Kamara — (1890 1962) was a simple village tailor from Sierra Leone who gave his people the gift of writing. He invented the Mende syllabary in 1921. Early lifeKisimi Kamara was born in 1890 in the village of Vaama, Pujehun District in the Southern… … Wikipedia
Mende people — The Mende people are one of the two largest and most dominant ethnic group in Sierra Leone, along with the Temne. The Mende make up 30% of Sierra Leone s total population [1] or 1,932,015 members. The Southern and Eastern Provinces of Sierra… … Wikipedia
Mende language — Not to be confused with Mende language (Papua New Guinea). Mende Mɛnde yia Spoken in Sierra Leone, Liberia … Wikipedia
Mendé (langue) — Mende Mɛnde yia Parlée en Sierra Leone, Liberia … Wikipédia en Français
List of inventors of writing systems — This is a chronological list of any individuals, legendary or real, who are purported by traditions to have invented alphabets or other writing systems, whether this is proven or not.* Enos Biblical patriarch, ascribed introduction of consonantal … Wikipedia
Writing systems of Africa — The Writing Systems of Africa refer to the current and historical practice of written language on the African continent. The importance of oral culture and tradition in Africa and the recent dominance of European languages through colonialism,… … Wikipedia
Kikakui — is a syllabary used for writing the Mende language. History It was devised by Mohammed Turay (born ca. 1850), an Islamic scholar, at a town called Maka (Barri Chiefdom, southern Sierra Leone). One of Turay s Koranic students was a young man named … Wikipedia
Idioma mende — Mende mɛhndé yia Hablado en Liberia Sierra Leona … Wikipedia Español
Silabario Ki-ka-ku — Ki ka ku El silabario Ki ka ku o Ki ka kui (también llamado silabario Mende) es un sistema de escritura propio del idioma mende (Liberia y Sierra Leona), aparentemente desarrollado bajo la influencia del silabario Vai de sus vecinos geográficos,… … Wikipedia Español
Silabario Vai — El silabario Vai es una forma de escritura inventada por Duwalu Bukele (natural de la localidad de Jondu) para el idioma vai de Liberia alrededor de 1830, aunque se cree que la invención pudiera ser anterior (incluso de 1815). Actualmente tiene… … Wikipedia Español
Mende script — Mende Kikakui Type Syllabary Languages … Wikipedia
