Aw wi de rayt

Wiyonraytin

ki · ka · ku

Wi bin kip wi rɛkɔd an nɔ pepa. Wɛn lɛta kam, wi bɛn dɛn fɔ wi yon langwej. Dɔn wi mek wi yon.

𞠀𞠁𞠂

ki · ka · ku, frɔm rayt to lɛft

Kikakui, c. 1917

Salone in yon raytin. Mohamed Turay mek di fɔs lɛta dɛn na Maka, Bari Chifdɔm, Pujɛun, lɛk 1917; in nɛfyu Kisimi Kamara, wan tela frɔm Vaama, ad bɔku mɔ ɛn tich am to pipul frɔm di 1920 dɛn. Ɛni sayn na wan silabul, ɛn in nem na in fɔs tri: ki, ka, ku. Pipul rayt lɛta, akawnt ɛn kɔt buk wit am.

Bokari Kanneh, wan gɔlsmit na Nyandeyama, Kenema, kip in dayari ɛn in akawnt na Kikakui na di 1950 dɛn. In notbuk dɛn de na Yel Yunivasiti, na Amɛrika. Si dɛn na Yel →

Bifo lɛta

Wi rɛkɔd na wi ed

Nɔbɔdi nɔ fɛn raytin na Salone we ol pas Arabik lɛta. Di rɛkɔd bin de wit pipul: di jeli, di stori-tɔka, prɔvab ɛn drɔm we de tɔk. Turay se i tek sɔm Mɛnde sayn ɛn sikrit mak fɔ mek Kikakui, bɔt nɔbɔdi nɔ rayt dɛn dɔŋ yet.

Poro ɛn Sande gɛt dɛn yon sayn, we na fɔ di sosayti. If wi sho ɛni wan, wi go put nɔt wit am fɔs.

Arabik lɛta, wi wɔd

Tɛmnɛ, Limba, Susu… na Arabik lɛta

Fula ɛn Mandinka tica dɛn briŋ Arabik lɛta frɔm Futa Jalɔn. Salone pipul tek dɛn fɔ rayt dɛn yon langwej, Susu, Mandinka, Fula, Tɛmnɛ, Limba ɛn ivin Krio, fɔ famili istri, tred, kɔt rɛkɔd ɛn lɛta.

Wetin lɛf

Wi langwej na Inglish lɛta

Di fɔs buk dɛn we dɛn print na wi langwej. Ɔl na fri fɔ rid.

Usay di res de

Dis na raytin we wi no bɔt, bɔt wi nɔ sho ya yet: sɔm de na ɔda pipul in ona, sɔm wi stil de fɛn. Wi de aks fɔ sho dɛn.

Arabik Lɛta Buk, 1878–81: lɛta frɔm Port Loko, Moria ɛn Bulɔm, na Sanusi in an ↗Sierra Leone Public Archives
Arabik Lɛta Buk, 1881–83 ↗Sierra Leone Public Archives
Arabik Lɛta Buk, 1883–85: kwarɛl, sebe, ɛn prizina dɛn pɛtishɔn ↗Sierra Leone Public Archives
Arabik Lɛta Buk, 1887–89: lɛta bɔt wɔ na di kɔntri ↗Sierra Leone Public Archives
Arabik Lɛta Buk, 1891–93: Garrett in lɛta to Falaba, Port Loko ɛn Futa Jallon ↗Sierra Leone Public Archives
Arabik Lɛta Buk, 1894–1901: di Protɛktɔret ɛn di Ɔt Taks Wɔ ia dɛn ↗Sierra Leone Public Archives
Nativ ɛn Gɔvmɛnt Intapreta Lɛta Buk dɛn, we go gɛt Arabik lɛta kɔpi ↗Sierra Leone Public Archives
Di 1788 triti fɔ Fritɔŋ in land, we Kiŋ Naimbanna ɛn in chif dɛn sayn ↗Sierra Leone Public Archives
Zachary Macaulay in jɔnal dɛn, 1793–99, we go gɛt lɛta frɔm Timbo, Port Loko ɛn Moria ↗Huntington Library
James Watt in waka to di Almami na Timbo, 1794 ↗webFuuta
Edward Blyden in ripɔt fɔ in waka to Timbo, 1873 ↗University of Wisconsin–Madison
Samori Ture in mɛsenja dɛn to Fritɔŋ, Janwari 1885 ↗Wikipedia
Di Chalmers Ripɔt bɔt di 1898 wɔ, wit di chif dɛn tɛstimoni ↗Internet Archive
Shaikh Lusaini na Gbile in famili pepa dɛn: famili istri ɛn Islam stɔdi ↗David Skinner
Di Galinas lɛta dɛn, 1678–1971, frɔm di Vai ɛn Mano Riva kɔntri ↗Indiana University
Kisimi Kamara in yon Kikakui chat, ɛn di fɔs lɛta dɛn na di raytin ↗Unicode proposal, Everson & Tuchscherer
Nyu stori, pɔym ɛn prɔvab na Kikakui, we Njala Yunivasiti stɔdɛnt dɛn rayt, 2022–23 ↗Endangered Alphabets
Mɛtodis mishɔn pepa dɛn bɔt Mɛnde langwej, frɔm 1932 ↗SOAS Library

Sɔm famili stil gɛt ol pepa na wi langwej, na Arabik lɛta ɔ Kikakui. Yu gɛt sɔm? Wi go aks yu fɔs bifo wi sho ɛnitin. Tɔk to wi →