Cataloging @Yale
Provisional notes on cataloging in the A-ka-u-ku (Bamum) script, in the Shümom and Bamum languages
| Month names in Shümom language | ||
| ꛝꚯ | Pime | |
| ꚯꚽ | Menou | |
| ꚳꛄꛄꚧꛣ | Ngùeshe | |
| ꛅꛊ | Poupe | |
| ꛘꚧꛤꚵ | Fotimu | |
| ꛖꚳ꛰ꚱꚧꚳ | Mandem | |
| ꛅꚳꚣꚢ | Poupngou | |
| ꚢꛅꚳꚣꚢ | Oupngou | |
| ꛜꛂ | Liya | |
| ꛤꚩꚥ | Tire | |
| ꚵꛤꚩ | Muti | |
| ꚬꛭ | Rifa'a | |
| Days of the week in Shümom language | ||
| ꚡꚳ꛰ꛘꛭ | kanfoufa | |
| ꛦꚧꚳ꛰ꛥꛉꛥꛉ | monkükü | |
| ꚤꛥꛉꛣꚳ꛰ | ékümén | |
| ꛝꛟꚳ꛰ꚧ | pikon | |
| ꛃꚳ꛰ꛆ | chanjé | |
| ꛣꚳ꛰ꚰꚡꛇꚬ | mantakatéri | |
| ꛬꛛꚬ |
sanara |
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| Month names in Bamum language | ||
| ꚵꛄ꛰ꛤ ꛔꛄ꛰ |
January |
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February |
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March |
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April |
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| ꚩ ꛧꚧ꛱ |
May |
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| ꛲ꚳ꛰ꚴꚫꚳ |
June |
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| ꚵꚳ꛰ꛤ ꛀ꛰ꚫꚳ |
July |
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August |
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| ꚵꛄ꛰ꛤ꛱ ꚳꛦꛄ꛰ꛄ꛰ ꚭ꛰ꚧ꛱ꚳ |
September |
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| ꛮꛉ꛰ ꚳ꛰ꛔ꛱ꛄ꛰ |
October |
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| ꚵꛄ꛰ꛤ ꚳꛧꚠ ꚳ꛰ꛔꛄ꛰ꚳ꛰ꛔꚠ |
November |
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December |
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| Days of the week in Bamum language | ||
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Sunday |
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| ꚳ꛰ꚡꛘꛄ꛰ꛤ꛱ |
Monday |
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| ꛘꛅ꛱ꛦ꛰ꚳ |
Tuesday |
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Wednesday |
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| ꚳ꛰ꛟꚧꚳꛦꚧ |
Thursday |
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| ꛲ꛂꚤꛤ꛱ꚳ꛰ꛀꚢꚧ |
Friday |
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| ꚳ꛰ꛪꚳ꛰ꛤꚩꚤ |
Saturday |
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| Geographic names in Bamum language | ||
| ꛲ꚠꚳ꛰ꚰꛐꛤꚩꚡ |
Antarctica |
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| ꛲ꛊꚤꛛꚤꚳ꛰ |
Benin |
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| ꚳꚣ ꚢ ꛲ꛗꚢꛌꚳ꛰ꚱꚩ |
Burundi |
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| ꛲ꚡꛛꚠꚱꚠ |
Canada |
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| ꛄꛜꛄ꛰ ꚳ꛰ꚺ ꛲ꚡꛑꚠꚩꛧꚧ꛱ |
Caribbean |
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| ꛲ꛟꚧꚳ꛰ꛔꚧ ꛥꚳ꛰ꛃꛬ |
Congo-Kinshasa |
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| ꚳ꛰ꛟꚧꛅ ꚳ꛰ꚺ ꚴ ꛰ꚳꚹꚧ꛱ꚳ꛰ |
Côte d'Ivoire |
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| ꚳꚣꚢ ꚳꛘꚧꚳ ꛔ꛱ꛄ꛰ꚬꚶ |
England |
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| ꛲ꚤꛤꚩꚧꛝꚠ |
Ethiopia |
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| ꛲ꚤꛑꚧꚫ |
Europe |
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| ꛲ꛔꚳꛝꚩꚠ |
Gambia |
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| ꛲ꛔꚠꛛꚠ |
Ghana |
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| ꛲ꛣꚡ꛰ |
Mecca |
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| ꚳ꛰ꚣꚢ ꛲ꚯꛂꚳ꛰ꛣꛐ |
Myanmar |
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| ꛲ꚳ꛰ꚣꚢꚳ ꛛꛎꛝꚩꚠ |
Namibia |
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| ꛲ꛛꚧꛐꛋꚤꛐꛖꚧ꛱ |
Norway |
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| ꛘꛄ꛰ꚧ꛱ꚶ |
Pacific |
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| ꛲ꛑꛉ꛰ꚷꚩꚠ |
Russia |
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| ꛲ꚰꛟꚧꛑꚠꚱꚩ |
Takoradi |
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| ꛲ꚣꚢ ꚰꚳ꛰ꚭ꛰ꚠꛛꚩꚠ |
Tanzania |
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| ꛲ꚦꚧꛔ꛱ꚧ |
Togo |
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| ꚳ꛰ꚣꚢ ꛲ꚢꛔꚠꚳ꛰ꚱꚠ |
Uganda |
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| ꛲ꛉ꛰ꛄꚥꛛꚧ |
Ukraine |
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| ꛲ꛮꚩꚤꛤꛛꚠꚳ |
Vietnam |
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| ꛲ꚭ꛰ꚠꚳꛝꚩꚠ |
Zambia |
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| ꛲ꚭ꛰ꚩꚳꛧꚠꛗꚢꛚꚤ |
Zimbabwe |
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| Bibliographic terms in the Bamum language | ||
| ꛬꚠ ꛔ ꚢꛦꚧ ꚵꛄ꛰ꚳ꛰ |
biography |
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| ꚮꛑꛚ ꛎ ꚸꚻ ꛗꚠ ꚳ꛰ꚦꚧꚶ |
dictionary |
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| ꚮꛑꛚꛤ꛰ꛅ꛱ꛖ꛱ ꛜ꛰ꛗꚠ꛰ ꛁꚳ |
directory |
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| ꚮꛑꛚ ꚳ꛰ꛤ꛰ꛅꚶꚧ꛱ ꛦꚧꚶ꛰ ꛑꚠꛛꚧ꛱ ꛎ |
index |
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| ꛅ꛱ꚧ꛱ꛬ꛰ꛄꚧ꛱ |
news |
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| ꛅ꛰ ꚮꛑꛚ |
notebook |
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| ꚮꛑꛚ ꛬꚳ ꛅꚧꛬ꛰ꛄꚧ꛱ ꛵ ꚩꚨ꛰ꚤ ꚳ꛰ꛫꛦꚧ ꚳ꛰ꚺꛎ꛵ꚩ ꚳꛊꛤ ꛗ ꚳ ꛮꚩꚤꛤ꛱ |
press |
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| ꛣꚶ ꚷꚩ ꚮꛑꛚ |
printer |
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| ꚳ꛰ꛔꚠ ꚩ ꚳ꛰ꚲꛦꚧ |
translator |
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Online character picker for the Bamum script: https://r12a.github.io/pickers/bamu/
Wikipedia articles on Bamum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamum
Preliminary draft of a Romanization table for Bamum: https://catalogingafricana.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/bamum-2014-01-16.pdf
N.B.: The font Noto Sans Bamum should be installed to view this site properly on Windows 10. On Windows 11 and recent MacOS platforms, system fonts are available to support the Bamum script.
Thanks to Abdoulaye Mbouombouo and Samuel Calvin Gbetnkom for the data.
