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An alphabet for Wolof.
Also known as: Garay alphabet
The script devised in the twentieth century for Wolof in Senegal.
Writes Wolof in a purpose-designed right-to-left alphabet.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Written right to left although Wolof had been written in both Arabic and Latin scripts, so the direction was a deliberate design choice rather than an inheritance from either predecessor.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
An alphabet of curved letters written right to left with full vowel letters and its own numerals.