The Swahili Ajami script refers to the alphabet derived from the Arabic script that is used for the writing of the Swahili language. Ajami is a name commonly...
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table. Wolofal script Wadaad's writing Fula alphabets#Arabic (Ajami) alphabet Swahili Ajami Mandinka language#Orthography Maore dialect#Maore Arabic Alphabet...
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to Swahili – The Swahili alphabet". BBC. Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2019. Mutiua, Chapane. “Swahili Ajami: An...
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script for the use of various African languages, from Swahili to Hausa, Fulfulde, and Wolof. Hausa ajami is an alphabet where vowel sounds are written using...
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Standard Swahili language arose during the colonial era as the homogenised version of the dominant dialects of the Swahili language. Standard Swahili enabled...
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are 3 vowels, in Maore there are 5. While the common convention in Swahili Ajami orthography has been to use two new diacritics, which are modified varieties...
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Comorian languages (category Swahili language)
distinct languages. Historically, the language was written in the Arabic-based Ajami script. The French colonial administration introduced the Latin script....
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Yoruba (US: /ˈjɔːrəbə/, UK: /ˈjɒrʊbə/; Yor. Èdè Yorùbá, IPA: [jōrùbá]; Ajami: عِدعِ يوْرُبا) is a language that is spoken in West Africa, primarily in...
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the writing of sounds not represented in the Arabic language. The term ʻAjamī, which comes from the Arabic root for "foreign", has been applied to Arabic-based...
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