Mandombe

Mandombe, one of the most recent modern African scripts, was originally designed to write the Bantu languages of the Congos, and eventually all languages on the continent. Its symbols are made of simple and composite geometrical forms which predate the script. It is apparently the only African script which has gained some social success without any political support.

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Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln
Published
2025-04-02
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https://doi.org/10.18716/ojs/aaeo/2010_3541
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Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
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Mandombe

Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln
Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
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Mandombe

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Abstract

Mandombe, one of the most recent modern African scripts, was originally designed to write the Bantu languages of the Congos, and eventually all languages on the continent. Its symbols are made of simple and composite geometrical forms which predate the script. It is apparently the only African script which has gained some social success without any political support.

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