Cataloging @Yale
Notes on cataloging in Vai script
Quick reference to commonly usedterms in Vai script |
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| Month names | ||
| ꖨꕪꖃ ꔞꕮ | Luukao Kemã | |
| ꕒꕡꖝꖕ | Ɓandaɓu | |
| ꕾꖺ | Vɔɔ | |
| ꖢꖕ | Fulu | |
| ꖑꕱ | Goo | |
| ꖱꘋ | Juŋ | |
| ꖱꕞꔤ | Julai | |
| ꗛꔕ | Kɔnde | |
| ꕢꕌ | Saah | |
| ꕭꖃ | Galo | |
| ꔞꘋꕔꕿ ꕸꖃꗏ | Kenpkato Ɓololɔ | |
| ꖨꕪꕱ ꗏꕮ | Luukao Lɔma | |
| Days of the week | ||
| ꕞꕌꔵ | Lahadi | |
| ꗳꗡꘉ | Tɛɛnɛɛ | |
| ꕚꕞꕚ | Talata | |
| ꕉꕞꕒ | Alaɓa | |
| ꕉꔤꕆꕢ | Aimisa | |
| ꕉꔤꕀꕮ | Aijima | |
| ꔻꔬꔳ | Siɓiti | |
| Ordinals | ||
| ꔖꔜꕯ | sénjéna | |
| ꗱꕞꕯ | fɛlana | |
| ꕢꕔꕯꕊ | sakpanaã | |
| ꕯꕊꕇꕊ | náãninaã | |
| ꖇꕱꖨꕯꕊ | soolunáã | |
| Personal titles | ||
| ꗍꕃꕚ | Dɔ́kíta | |
| ꕸꖃ ꖴꘋ ꕮꕨ | Ɓóló kuŋ manja | |
| Geographic names | ||
| ꕉꔷꔠꔸꕩ | Algeria | |
| ꗩꕇꘋ | Benin | |
| ꕷꕃꕯ ꕘꖇ | Burkina Faso | |
| ꕪꔈꖩꘋ | Cameroon | |
| ꗛꖺꔻꕩ ꔳꘋꗣ | Canary Islands | |
| ꔞꔪ ꗲꔵ ꔳꘋꗣ | Cape Verde | |
| ꕉꔱꔸꕪ ꗳ ꗳ ꕸꖃꔀ | Central African Republic | |
| ꗻꕚ ꗪ ꔡꔷꕞ | Ceuta & Melilla | |
| ꕦꔵ | Chad | |
| ꖏꖐ | Congo-Brazzaville | |
| ꖏꖐ ꗵꗞꖴꕟꔎ ꕸꖃꔀ | Congo-Kinshasa | |
| ꖏꔳ ꕾꕎ | Côte d’Ivoire | |
| ꕆꔖꕞ | Egypt | |
| ꖦꕰꕊ ꗳ ꕅꔤꕇ | Equatorial Guinea | |
| ꕭꕷꘋ | Gabon | |
| ꕭꔭꕩ | Gambia | |
| ꕭꕌꕯ | Ghana | |
| ꕅꔤꕇ | Guinea | |
| ꕅꔤꕇ ꔫꕢꕴ | Guinea-Bissau | |
| ꕞꔤꔫꕩ | Liberia | |
| ꔒꔫꕩ | Libya | |
| ꕮꔷ | Mali | |
| ꗞꔓꔎꕇꕰ | Mauritania | |
| ꗞꕟꖏ | Morocco | |
| ꕯꔤꕧ | Niger | |
| ꕯꔤꕀꔸꕩ | Nigeria | |
| ꔻꘋ ꗥꔷꕯ | Saint Helena | |
| ꕢꕴ ꕿꔈ ꗪ ꕉ ꕮꔧ ꕗꕴꔀ | São Tomé & Príncipe | |
| ꔻꕇꕭꕌ | Senegal | |
| ꔋꕩ ꕒꕌꖺ ꕸꖃꔀ | Sierra Leone | |
| ꖬꗵꘋ | Sudan | |
| ꕿꖑ | Togo | |
| ꖤꕇꔻꕩ | Tunisia | |
| ꕎꗛꗏ | Wakɔ́lɔ | |
| ꕢꕌꕟ ꔎꔒ ꕀꔤ | Western Sahara | |
| Bibliographic terms | ||
| ꖜꖴ | bhúku | |
| ꕺꖃ ꕧꕓ | kpolo jámɓá | |
| ꕮ ꘀꗫꔒ | ma jɛ́mɓɛ́lé | |
Online Vai character input tool: https://r12a.github.io/pickers/vai/
Incubated Vai Wikipedia: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/vai/Main_Page
Display of a Vai manuscript housed at Houghton Library, Harvard: https://houghton75.org/?artwork=leslie-morris
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Uses data from Unicode CLDR: https://cldr.unicode.org/
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Thursday, October 5, 2023 - 7:51pm