| Adlam Pular š¤š¤£š¤¤š¤¢š¤„ š¤š¤µš¤¤š¤¢š¤Ŗ | |
|---|---|
 "Adlam" written in Adlam script | |
| Script type | Alphabet
|
| Creator | Ibrahima Barry and Abdoulaye Barry |
Time period | 1989āpresent[1] |
| Direction | Right-to-left script  |
| Languages | Fula |
| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Adlm (166), Adlam |
| Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Adlam |
| U+1E900–U+1E95F | |
The Adlam script is a script used to write Fulani.[2] The name Adlam is an acronym derived from the first four letters of the alphabet (A, D, L, M), standing for Alkule DandayÉe LeƱol Mulugol (š¤š¤¤š¤³š¤µš¤¤š¤« š¤š¤¢š¤²š¤£š¤¢š¤“š¤Æš¤« š¤š¤«š¤»š¤®š¤¤ š¤š¤µš¤¤š¤µš¤ŗš¤®š¤¤[3]), which means "the alphabet that protects the peoples from vanishing". It is one of many indigenous scripts developed for specific languages in West Africa.[4]
Adlam is supported in Google's Android and Chrome operating systems. There are also Android apps to send SMS in Adlam and to learn the alphabet.[5] On computers running Microsoft Windows, the Adlam script was natively supported beginning with Windows 10 version 1903, which was released in May 2019. On macOS, the Adlam script was natively supported beginning with Ventura in 2022.
- ^ Bach, Deborah; Lerner, Sara (July 29, 2019). "Adlam Comes Online". Microsoft. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
- ^ Dalby, Andrew (1998). Dictionary of Languages. Columbia University Press.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Winden Jangen Adlam: Cellphone Applications