What is it about?

Writing African languages in Arabic letters: Several languages in West Africa had been written in Arabic script for hundreds of years before Europeans brought Roman script. And many languages today are written in both Arabic and Roman script, with important consequences for the community.

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Why is it important?

The major languages discussed here, and the historical perspective, may be important for anyone working on how to write another language in Arabic script.

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This page is a summary of: West African Scripts and Arabic-Script Orthographies in Socio-Political Context, January 2014, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/9789004256804_013.
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