Ajami Writing

Ajami Writing is a form of alphabetic script that adapts the Arabic writing system to transcribe African languages, distinguished by its use of modified Arabic letters and diacritics to represent phonemes specific to non-Arabic African languages, particularly in precolonial West African textual traditions.

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Publications

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Authors

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Institutions

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2017–2026

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Variants

Ajami Script

Authors

4

  1. CD
    Coleman Donaldson

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    1 publications · 53 citations

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  2. ID
    Ibrahima Diallo

    University of South Australia, Australia

    1 publications · 42 citations

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  3. FN
    Fallou Ngom

    Western Washington University, United States

    1 publications · 67 citations

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  4. HP
    Helma Pasch

    1 publications · 123 citations

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  5. SB
    Sokhna Bao-Diop

    1 publications · 52 citations

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Venues

  1. Current Issues in Language Planning

    1 publications · 42 citations

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  2. International Journal of the Sociology of Language

    IJSL · 1 publications · 123 citations

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  3. ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania)

    Repository · 1 publications · 53 citations

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  4. Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies

    1 publications · 67 citations

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  5. SOAS Research Online (SOAS University of London)

    Repository · 1 publications · 52 citations

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