Bassa Vah 𖫔𖫧𖫱𖫒𖫨𖫴 𖫣𖫧𖫱 | |
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Script type | |
Direction | Left-to-right |
Languages | Bassa [ISO 639-3:bsq] |
ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Bass (259), Bassa Vah |
Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Bassa Vah |
Final accepted Unicode proposal, U+16AD0 – U+16AFF[1] |
Bassa Vah, also known as simply Vah ('throwing a sign' in Bassa) is an alphabetic script for writing the Bassa language of Liberia.[2] As an old system nearing extinction in the 1900s, it was rediscovered among Bassa in Brazil and the West Indies, then revived in Liberia, by Thomas Flo Lewis.[3] Type was cast for it, and an association for its promotion was formed in Liberia in 1959.[1] It is not used today and has been classified as a failed script.[4]