Cataloging @Yale

Notes on cataloging in Vai script

 

Quick reference to commonly used

terms in Vai script

 
  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​
ꕯꕊꕇ​ꕊ   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

Uses data from Unicode CLDR:  https://cldr.unicode.org/

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Thursday, October 5, 2023 - 7:51pm