Bamum script

The Bamum scripts are an evolutionary series of six scripts created for the Bamum language by King Njoya of Cameroon at the turn of the 19th century. They are notable for evolving from a pictographic system to a partially alphabetic syllabic script in the space of 14 years, from 1896 to 1910. Bamum type was cast in 1918, but the script fell into disuse around 1931. A project began around 2007 to revive the Bamum script.

Bamum
A book in the 6th Bamum script, c. 1910.
Type	Syllabary
Languages	Bamum, Shümom
Time period	c. 1896, moribund c. 1931, revived c. 2007
Child systems	Bagam?
Direction	Left-to-right
ISO 15924	Bamu, 435
Unicode alias	Bamum
Unicode range	U+A6A0–U+A6FF Bamum U+16800–U+16A3F Bamum Supplement

History

In its initial form, Bamum script was a pictographic mnemonic aid (proto-writing) of 500 to 600 characters. As Njoya revised the script, he introduced logograms (word symbols). The sixth version, completed by 1910, is a syllabary with 80 characters. It is also called a-ka-u-ku after its first four characters. The version in use by 1906 was called mbima.[1]

The script was further refined in 1918, when Njoya had copper sorts cast for printing. The script fell into disuse in 1931 with the exile of Njoya to Yaoundé, Cameroon.[2]

At present, Bamum script is not in any significant use. However, the Bamum Scripts and Archives Project is attempting to modernize and revive the script. The project is based in the old Bamum capital of Foumban.[3]

Phase A

The initial form of Bamum script, called Lewa ("book"), was developed in 1896–1897. It consisted of 465 pictograms (511 according to some sources) and 10 characters for the digits 1–10. The writing direction could be top-to-bottom, left-to-right, or bottom-to-top. (Right-to-left was avoided because that was the direction of the Arabic script used by the neighboring Hausa people.)

Phase B

The second system, called Mbima ("mixed"), was developed in 1899–1900. It was a simplification of the first; Njoya omitted 72 characters but added 45 new ones. The writing direction was left-to-right in this and all subsequent phases.

Phase C

The third system, called Nyi Nyi Nfa' after its first three characters, was developed around 1902. This simplification omitted 56 characters, leaving 371 and 10 digits. Njoya used this system to write his History of the Bamun People and in correspondence with his mother.

Phase D

The fourth system, called Rii Nyi Nsha Mfw' after its first four characters, was developed around 1907–1908. It has 285 characters and 10 digits and is a further simplification of the previous version.

Phase E

The fifth system, called Rii Nyi Mfw' Men, was also developed around 1907–1908. It has 195 characters and 10 digits and was used for a Bible translation. These first five systems are closely related: All were progressively simplified pictographic protowriting with logographic elements.

Phase F

The sixth system, called A Ka U Ku after its first four characters, was developed around 1910. It has 82 characters and 10 digits. This phase marks a shift to a full syllabic writing system able to distinguish 160 syllables. It was used to record births, marriages, deaths, and court rulings.

Phase G

The seventh and final system, called Mfemfe ("new") or A Ka U Ku Mfemfe, was developed around 1918. It has only 80 characters, ten of which double as both syllables and digits. Like the previous system, missing syllables are written using combinations of similar syllables plus the desired vowel, or with a diacritic.

Description

The Bamum syllabary, less diacritics, digraphs, and the nʒɛmli

Map of the Kingdom of Bamun in present-day Cameroon

The 80 glyphs of modern Bamum are not enough to represent all of the consonant-vowel syllables (C V syllables) of the language. This deficiency is made up for with a diacritic or by combining glyphs having CV₁ and V₂ values, for CV₂. This makes the script alphabetic for syllables not directly covered by the syllabary. Adding the inherent vowel of the syllable voices a consonant: tu + u = /du/, fu + u = /vu/, ju + u = /ʒu/, ja + a = /ʒa/, ʃi + i = /ʒi/, puə + u = /bu/.

The two diacritics are a circumflex (ko'ndon) that may be added to any of the 80 glyphs, and a macron (tukwentis) that is restricted to a dozen. The circumflex generally has the effect of adding a glottal stop to the syllable, for instance kâ is read /kaʔ/, though the vowel is shortened and any final consonant is dropped in the process, as in pûə /puʔ/ and kɛ̂t /kɛʔ/. Prenasalization is also lost: ɲʃâ /ʃaʔ/, ntê /teʔ/, ntûu /tuʔ/. Sometimes, however, the circumflex nasalizes the vowel: nî /nɛn/, pî /pin/, rê /rɛn/, jûʔ /jun/, mɔ̂ /mɔn/, ɲʒûə /jun/ (loss of NC as with glottal stop). Others are idiosyncratic: ɲʒə̂m /jəm/ (simple loss of NC), tə̂ /tɔʔ/ (vowel change), ɲî /ɲe/, riê /z/, m̂ /n/, ʃɯ̂x /jɯx/, nûə /ŋuə/, kɯ̂x /ɣɯ/, rə̂ /rɔ/, ŋkwə̂n /ŋuət/, fɔ̂m /mvɔp/, mbɛ̂n /pɛn/, tî /tɯ/, kpâ /ŋma/, vŷ /fy/, ɣɔ̂m /ŋɡɔm/.[4]

The macron is a 'killer stroke' that deletes the vowel from a syllable and so forms consonants and NC clusters (/nd, ŋɡ/) that can be used for syllable codas. Consonantal /n/ is used both as a coda and to prenasalize an initial consonant. The two irregularities with the macron are ɲʒūə, read as /j/, and ɔ̄, read as /ə/.

The script has distinctive punctuation, including a 'capitalization' mark (nʒɛmli), visually similar to an inverted question mark, for proper names, and a decimal system of ten digits; the old glyph for ten has been refashioned as a zero.

Modern syllabary (phase G)

Bamum syllabary (diacritics in gray)[5]

ꚠ

ꚡ

ꚢ

ꚣ

ꚤ

ꚥ

ꚦ

ꚧ

ꚨ

ꚩ

ꚪ

ꚫ

ꚬ

ꚭ

ꚮ

ꚯ

a

ka

u

ku

e

re

tə

ɔ

nyi

i

la

pa

rii

rie

lee

mee

ꚠ꛰

ꚡ꛰

ꚢ꛰

ꚣ꛰

ꚤ꛰

ꚥ꛰

ꚦ꛰

ꚧ꛰

ꚨ꛰

ꚩ꛰

ꚪ꛰

ꚫ꛰

ꚬ꛰

ꚭ꛰

ꚮ꛰

ꚯ꛰

aʔ

kaʔ

wuʔ

kuʔ

eʔ

rɛn

tɔʔ

ɔʔ

nye

iʔ

laʔ

paʔ

riʔ

z

leʔ

meʔ

ꚧ꛱

ə

ꚰ

ꚱ

ꚲ

ꚳ

ꚴ

ꚵ

ꚶ

ꚷ

ꚸ

ꚹ

ꚺ

ꚻ

ꚼ

ꚽ

ꚾ

ꚿ

taa

ndaa

nʒəm

m

suu

mu

ʃii

si

ʃɯx

sɯx

kye

kɛt

nuə

nu

nʒuə

yɔʔ

ꚰ꛰

ꚱ꛰

ꚲ꛰

ꚳ꛰

ꚴ꛰

ꚵ꛰

ꚶ꛰

ꚷ꛰

ꚸ꛰

ꚹ꛰

ꚺ꛰

ꚻ꛰

ꚼ꛰

ꚽ꛰

ꚾ꛰

ꚿ꛰

taʔ

ndaʔ

yəm

n

suʔ

muʔ

ʃiʔ

siʔ

yɯx

sɯʔ

kyeʔ

keʔ

ŋuə

nuʔ

yuən

yɔʔ

ꚱ꛱

ꚶ꛱

ꚷ꛱

ꚾ꛱

nd

ʃ

s

y

ꛀ

ꛁ

ꛂ

ꛃ

ꛄ

ꛅ

ꛆ

ꛇ

ꛈ

ꛉ

ꛊ

ꛋ

ꛌ

ꛍ

ꛎ

ꛏ

ʃu

yu

ya

nʃa

kɯx

pɯx

nʒe

nte

pü

wü

pe

fe

ru

lu

mi

ni

ꛀ꛰

ꛁ꛰

ꛂ꛰

ꛃ꛰

ꛄ꛰

ꛅ꛰

ꛆ꛰

ꛇ꛰

ꛈ꛰

ꛉ꛰

ꛊ꛰

ꛋ꛰

ꛌ꛰

ꛍ꛰

ꛎ꛰

ꛏ꛰

ʃuʔ

yun

yaʔ

ʃaʔ

ɣɯ

pɯʔ

nʒeʔ

teʔ

püʔ

üʔ

peʔ

feʔ

ruʔ

luʔ

miʔ

nɛn

ꛐ

ꛑ

ꛒ

ꛓ

ꛔ

ꛕ

ꛖ

ꛗ

ꛘ

ꛙ

ꛚ

ꛛ

ꛜ

ꛝ

ꛞ

ꛟ

rɯx

rə

kɛn

ŋkwən

ŋga

ŋa

ʃɔ

puə

fu

fɔm

wa

na

li

pi

lɔʔ

kɔ

ꛐ꛰

ꛑ꛰

ꛒ꛰

ꛓ꛰

ꛔ꛰

ꛕ꛰

ꛖ꛰

ꛗ꛰

ꛘ꛰

ꛙ꛰

ꛚ꛰

ꛛ꛰

ꛜ꛰

ꛝ꛰

ꛞ꛰

ꛟ꛰

rɯʔ

rɔ

kɛn

ŋuət

ŋgaʔ

ŋaʔ

ʃɔʔ

puʔ

fuʔ

mvɔp

waʔ

naʔ

liʔ

pin

lɔʔ

kɔʔ

ꛔ꛱

ꛖ꛱

ꛘ꛱

ꛛ꛱

ꛜ꛱

ꛟ꛱

ŋg

ʃ

f

n

l

k

ꛠ

ꛡ

ꛢ

ꛣ

ꛤ

ꛥ

ꛦ

ꛧ

ꛨ

ꛩ

ꛪ

ꛫ

ꛬ

ꛭ

ꛮ

ꛯ

mbɛn

rɛn

mɛn

ma

ti

ki

mɔ 1

mbaa 2

tɛt 3

kpa 4

tɛn 5

ntuu 6

sa 7

faa 8

vü 9

ɣɔm 0

ꛠ꛰

ꛡ꛰

ꛢ꛰

ꛣ꛰

ꛤ꛰

ꛥ꛰

ꛦ꛰

ꛧ꛰

ꛨ꛰

ꛩ꛰

ꛪ꛰

ꛫ꛰

ꛬ꛰

ꛭ꛰

ꛮ꛰

ꛯ꛰

pɛn

rɛn

mɛn

maʔ

tɯ

kiʔ

mɔn

mbaʔ

tɛt

ŋma

tɛn

tuʔ

saʔ

faʔ

fü

ŋgɔm

ꛤ꛱

ꛦ꛱

t

m

Punctuation

Bamum punctuation[5][6]

꛲	꛳	꛴	꛵	꛶	꛷
introduces proper names or changes the meaning of a word[4]	. period	: colon	, comma	; semicolon	? question mark

Numbers

The last ten base characters in the syllabary are used for both letters and numbers:[5]

Bamum digits

ꛦ	ꛧ	ꛨ	ꛩ	ꛪ	ꛫ	ꛬ	ꛭ	ꛮ	ꛯ
mɔ 1	mbaa 2	tɛt 3	kpa 4	tɛn 5	ntuu 6	sa 7	faa 8	vü 9	ɣɔm 0

Historically, ꛯ was used for ten but was changed to zero when decimal mathematics were introduced.[5]

All versions (phases A–G)

Bamum characters found through Phase A

Phase A	Interpretation		Phase A	Interpretation		Phase A	Interpretation		Phase A	Interpretation
𖠀	ŋkü mfɔn		𖠒	ntɔʔpɛn		𖠤	mgbasa		𖠶	mɔɔmɯt
𖠁	gbie fɔn		𖠓	kɯkɯtnda		𖠥	mɯnʒɔmndɯʔ		𖠷	ʃum
𖠂	pɔn mfɔn pipəmgbie		𖠔	nkindi		𖠦	mɔɔmpuʔ		𖠸	lɔmmə
𖠃	pɔn mfɔn pipəmba		𖠕	suu		𖠧	kafa		𖠹	fir'i
𖠄	naa mfɔn		𖠖	ŋkünzɯm		𖠨	pa lerəwa		𖠺	rɔm
𖠅	ʃünʃüt		𖠗	lapaʔ		𖠩	nda lerəwa		𖠻	kpɔʔ
𖠆	tita mfɔn		𖠘	lɛt kut		𖠪	pɛt		𖠼	sɔʔ
𖠇	nza mfɔn		𖠙	ntap mfaa		𖠫	məmkpɛn		𖠽	map piet
𖠈	ʃinda pa nʒi		𖠚	məkɯp		𖠬	nika		𖠾	ʃirə
𖠉	pɔn pa nʒi pipəmgbie		𖠛	paʃə		𖠭	pup		𖠿	ntap
𖠊	pɔn pa nʒi pipəmba		𖠜	ɣɯərə		𖠮	tuəp		𖡀	ʃɔʔ nʃut yum
𖠋	məmgbie		𖠝	pamʃə		𖠯	luəp		𖡁	nyit mɔŋkɯəʔ
𖠌	tu məmba		𖠞	mɔn ŋgɯət		𖠰	sɔnʒam		𖡂	paarə
𖠍	ŋaŋu		𖠟	nzun mɯt		𖠱	tɯtɯwɛn		𖡃	nkaarə
𖠎	məmvɯx		𖠠	u yuʔ nə		𖠲	mənyi		𖡄	(unknown)
𖠏	mansuə		𖠡	ɣɯəɣɯə		𖠳	kɛt
𖠐	mvɯəŋam		𖠢	ntap ntaa		𖠴	ndaaŋgɯət
𖠑	sɯnyam		𖠣	sisa		𖠵	kuɔʔ
A	Interpretation		A	Interpretation		A	Interpretation		A	Interpretation

Bamum characters found through Phase B

Phase		Interpretation		Phase		Interpretation		Phase		Interpretation
A	B			A	B			A	B
𖡗	𖡗	nʃüt		𖡨	𖡨	tu nsie		𖡹	𖡹	mɯʔ
𖡘	𖡘	tu məmgbie		𖡩	𖡩	ʃɛt nʒaʔ		𖡺	𖡺	ŋguɔʔ ("small termite")
𖡙	𖡙	sie		𖡪	𖡪	ʃɯəʔtu		𖡻	𖡻	ŋguɔʔ ("large termite")
𖡚	𖡚	sɛt tu		𖡫	𖡫	mfɔn tɯəʔ			𖡼	mfiyaʔ
𖡛	𖡛	lɔm ntɯm			𖡬	mbit mbaakɛt		𖡽	𖡽	sü
𖡜	𖡜	mba məle		𖡭	𖡭	nyi ntɯm		𖡾	𖡾	mbɯri
𖡝	𖡝	kiem			𖡮	kɯpuʔ		𖡿	𖡿	mɔntien
𖡞	𖡞	yɯrə		𖡯	𖡯	ɣɯɣɛn		𖢀	𖢀	nyəmə
𖡟	𖡟	mbaarə		𖡰	𖡰	kɯyɯx		𖢁	𖢁	puŋaam
𖡠	𖡠	kam		𖡱	𖡱	laanə		𖢂	𖢂	mɯt ŋget
𖡡	𖡡	peʃi		𖡲	𖡲	parum		𖢃	𖢃	fɯx
𖡢	𖡢	yafu lerəwa		𖡳	𖡳	vɯm		𖢄	𖢄	mbuɔʔ
𖡣	𖡣	lam nʃut nyam		𖡴	𖡴	ŋkindi mvɔp		𖢅	𖢅	fe
𖡤	𖡤	ntie ʃɯɔʔ		𖡵	𖡵	ŋgɯ mbu			𖢆	kɯəm
𖡥	𖡥	ndu nʒaa		𖡶	𖡶	wuət		𖢇	𖢇	ma nʒɯəna
𖡦	𖡦	ɣɯɣɯəm		𖢈	𖢈	ma nʒuʔa		𖡷	𖡷	sakɯə
𖡧	𖡧	pit		𖡸	𖡸	taam
A	B	Interpretation		A	B	Interpretation		A	B	Interpretation

Bamum characters found through Phase C

Phase			Interpretation		Phase			Interpretation		Phase			Interpretation
A	B	C			A	B	C			A	B	C
𖢏	𖢏	𖢏	ŋkü məmba		𖢫	𖢫	𖢫	ndida		𖣇	𖣇	𖣇	nsuɔt ŋɔm
𖢐	𖢐	𖢐	nza		𖢬	𖢬	𖢬	taaʃə		𖣈	𖣈	𖣈	nʒee
𖢑	𖢑	𖢑	yum		𖢭	𖢭	𖢭	nʒüʔ		𖣉	𖣉	𖣉	kɛt
𖢒	𖢒	𖢒	waŋkuɔʔ		𖢮	𖢮	𖢮	tita yü		𖣊	𖣊	𖣊	ŋgu
𖡅	𖢓	𖢓	ŋgɛn		𖢯	𖢯	𖢯	suət		𖡆	𖣋	𖣋	məsi
𖢔	𖢔	𖢔	ndɯəre		𖢰	𖢰	𖢰	ŋguən nyam			𖣌	𖣌	mbuəm
𖢕	𖢕	𖢕	ŋkaʔ		𖢱	𖢱	𖢱	vɯx		𖣍	𖣍	𖣍	lu
𖢖	𖢖	𖢖	ɣarə		𖢲	𖢲	𖢲	nansanaʔ		𖣎	𖣎	𖣎	kut
𖢗	𖢗	𖢗	mbeket		𖢳	𖢳	𖢳	ma kɯəri		𖡇	𖣏	𖣏	nʒam
𖢘	𖢘	𖢘	gbayi		𖢴	𖢴	𖢴	ntaa		𖣐	𖣐	𖣐	ŋɔm
𖢙	𖢙	𖢙	nyir mkparaʔ mɯn		𖢵	𖢵	𖢵	ŋguɔn		𖣑	𖣑	𖣑	wup
𖢚	𖢚	𖢚	ntu mbit		𖢶	𖢶	𖢶	lap		𖣒	𖣒	𖣒	ŋguet
𖢛	𖢛	𖢛	mbɯm		𖢷	𖢷	𖢷	mbirien		𖣓	𖣓	𖣓	nsɔm
𖢜	𖢜	𖢜	pirien		𖢸	𖢸	𖢸	mgbasaʔ		𖣔	𖣔	𖣔	ntɛn
𖢝	𖢝	𖢝	ndɔmbu		𖢹	𖢹	𖢹	ntɯngba		𖣕	𖣕	𖣕	kuɔp nkaarə
𖢞	𖢞	𖢞	mbaa		𖢺	𖢺	𖢺	tɯtɯx		𖣖	𖣖	𖣖	nsun
𖢟	𖢟	𖢟	kɯʃɯəp		𖢻	𖢻	𖢻	ŋgum		𖣗	𖣗	𖣗	ndam
𖢠	𖢠	𖢠	ɣap		𖢼	𖢼	𖢼	fü		𖣘	𖣘	𖣘	ma nsie
𖢡	𖢡	𖢡	kɯkaʔ		𖢽	𖢽	𖢽	ndɯt		𖣙	𖣙	𖣙	yaa
𖢢	𖢢	𖢢	yu muɔmə		𖢾	𖢾	𖢾	nsa			𖣚	𖣚	ndap
𖢣	𖢣	𖢣	nzɯm		𖢿	𖢿	𖢿	nʃaʔ		𖣛	𖣛	𖣛	ʃüʔ
𖢤	𖢤	𖢤	mbü		𖣀	𖣀	𖣀	buŋ		𖣜	𖣜	𖣜	ʃɛtfɔn
𖢥	𖢥	𖢥	nsɯən		𖣁	𖣁	𖣁	vɯəpɛn			𖣝	𖣝	mbi
𖢦	𖢦	𖢦	mbit		𖣂	𖣂	𖣂	mbɛrə		𖣞	𖣞	𖣞	məmba
𖢧	𖢧	𖢧	yɯʔ		𖣃	𖣃	𖣃	ru		𖡈	𖣟	𖣟	mbanyi
𖢨	𖢨	𖢨	kparaʔ		𖣄	𖣄	𖣄	nʒəm		𖣠	𖣠	𖣠	kɯsɯx
𖢩	𖢩	𖢩	kaa		𖣅	𖣅	𖣅	lam			𖣡	𖣡	mbɯx
𖢪	𖢪	𖢪	sɯx		𖣆	𖣆	𖣆	tituəp			𖣢	𖣢	kɯm
A	B	C	Interpretation		A	B	C	Interpretation		A	B	C	Interpretation

Bamum characters found through Phase D

Phase				Interpretation		Phase				Interpretation
A	B	C	D			A	B	C	D
𖣱	𖣱	𖣱	𖣱	mbuɔ		𖤝	𖤝	𖤝	𖤝	mfo
𖣲	𖣲	𖣲	𖣲	wap			𖤞	𖤞	𖤞	lum
𖣳	𖣳	𖣳	𖣳	nʒi		𖤟	𖤟	𖤟	𖤟	nsiep
𖣴	𖣴	𖣴	𖣴	mfɔn		𖣣	𖣣	𖣣	𖤠	mbaa
𖣵	𖣵	𖣵	𖣵	nʒie		𖤡	𖤡	𖤡	𖤡	kwət
𖣶	𖣶	𖣶	𖣶	lie		𖡉	𖤢	𖤢	𖤢	nyɛt
	𖣷	𖣷	𖣷	nʒɯt		𖡊			𖤣	tɯən
	𖣸	𖣸	𖣸	nʃe		𖡋	𖤤	𖤤	𖤤	sɔt
𖣹	𖣹	𖣹	𖣹	ŋgaamə		𖣤	𖣤	𖣤	𖤥	yuwɔʔ
𖣺	𖣺	𖣺	𖣺	nyam		𖤦	𖤦	𖤦	𖤦	kɯm
𖣻	𖣻	𖣻	𖣻	wuən		𖤧	𖤧	𖤧	𖤧	rəm
𖣼	𖣼	𖣼	𖣼	ŋkun		𖤨	𖤨	𖤨	𖤨	tee
𖣽	𖣽	𖣽	𖣽	ʃe		𖤩	𖤩	𖤩	𖤩	ŋkɯəʔ
𖣾	𖣾	𖣾	𖣾	ŋkap		𖤪	𖤪	𖤪	𖤪	mfɯə
𖣿	𖣿	𖣿	𖣿	kɯətmɯn		𖤫	𖤫	𖤫	𖤫	nsiet
	𖤀	𖤀	𖤀	tɯt		𖤬	𖤬	𖤬	𖤬	kɯp
𖤁	𖤁	𖤁	𖤁	ʃɯə		𖤭	𖤭	𖤭	𖤭	pip
𖤂	𖤂	𖤂	𖤂	nʒap		𖤮	𖤮	𖤮	𖤮	pɯtə
𖤃	𖤃	𖤃	𖤃	sü		𖤯	𖤯	𖤯	𖤯	nyü
𖤄	𖤄	𖤄	𖤄	kɛt		𖢉	𖢉	𖤰	𖤰	lɛt
	𖤅	𖤅	𖤅	yəmmə			𖢊	𖤱	𖤱	ŋgaam
	𖤆	𖤆	𖤆	kuɔm		𖤲	𖤲	𖤲	𖤲	mfie
𖤇	𖤇	𖤇	𖤇	sap			𖤳	𖤳	𖤳	ŋgwən
𖤈	𖤈	𖤈	𖤈	mfɯt			𖤴	𖤴	𖤴	yuɔm
𖤉	𖤉	𖤉	𖤉	ndɯx			𖤵	𖤵	𖤵	pap
𖤊	𖤊	𖤊	𖤊	maleri		𖤶	𖤶	𖤶	𖤶	yuɔp
𖤋	𖤋	𖤋	𖤋	mɯt		𖤷	𖤷	𖤷	𖤷	ndam
𖤌	𖤌	𖤌	𖤌	sɯəʔ		𖤸	𖤸	𖤸	𖤸	ntɯm
𖤍	𖤍	𖤍	𖤍	yɛn		𖤹	𖤹	𖤹	𖤹	suə
𖤎	𖤎	𖤎	𖤎	nʒɯəm		𖤺	𖤺	𖤺	𖤺	kun
𖤏	𖤏	𖤏	𖤏	kɯɔt mbuə		𖤻	𖤻	𖤻	𖤻	ŋgɯx
𖤐	𖤐	𖤐	𖤐	ŋkɯri		𖤼	𖤼	𖤼	𖤼	ŋkie
	𖤑	𖤑	𖤑	tu		𖤽	𖤽	𖤽	𖤽	tuɔt
𖤒	𖤒	𖤒	𖤒	ɣaa		𖤾	𖤾	𖤾	𖤾	mɯn
𖤓	𖤓	𖤓	𖤓	ŋkye			𖤿	𖤿	𖤿	kuʔ
𖤔	𖤔	𖤔	𖤔	fɯfɯət			𖥀	𖥀	𖥀	nsum
𖤕	𖤕	𖤕	𖤕	nde		𖥁	𖥁	𖥁	𖥁	tɯn
𖤖	𖤖	𖤖	𖤖	mgbɔfum		𖥂	𖥂	𖥂	𖥂	mənʒɛt
	𖤗	𖤗	𖤗	lɯəp		𖥃	𖥃	𖥃	𖥃	ŋgap
𖤘	𖤘	𖤘	𖤘	ndɔn			𖥄	𖥄	𖥄	lɯm
𖤙	𖤙	𖤙	𖤙	mɔni		𖥅	𖥅	𖥅	𖥅	ŋguɔm
𖤚	𖤚		𖤚	mgbɯn		𖥆	𖥆	𖥆	𖥆	nʃut
𖤛	𖤛	𖤛	𖤛	puut		𖥇	𖥇	𖥇	𖥇	nʒüʔ
𖤜	𖤜	𖤜	𖤜	mgbie
A	B	C	D	Interpretation		A	B	C	D	Interpretation

Bamum characters found through Phase E

Phase					Interpretation		Phase					Interpretation
A	B	C	D	E			A	B	C	D	E
𖥦	𖥦	𖥦	𖥦	𖥦	ndap		𖦝	𖦝	𖦝	𖦝	𖦝	vɯə
𖥧	𖥧	𖥧	𖥧	𖥧	tɔɔn		𖦞	𖦞	𖦞	𖦞	𖦞	wɯx
𖥨	𖥨	𖥨	𖥨	𖥨	mbɯm		𖦟	𖦟	𖦟	𖦟	𖦟	laam
𖥩	𖥩	𖥩	𖥩	𖥩	lap		𖦠	𖦠	𖦠	𖦠	𖦠	pu
𖥪	𖥪	𖥪	𖥪	𖥪	vɔm		𖦡	𖦡	𖦡	𖦡	𖦡	taaʔ
𖥫	𖥫	𖥫	𖥫	𖥫	lɔn		𖦢	𖦢	𖦢	𖦢	𖦢	ɣaamə
𖥬	𖥬	𖥬	𖥬	𖥬	paa			𖦣	𖦣	𖦣	𖦣	ŋɯrɯt
𖥭	𖥭	𖥭	𖥭	𖥭	sɔm		𖦤	𖦤	𖦤	𖦤	𖦤	ʃɯəʔ
𖥮	𖥮	𖥮	𖥮	𖥮	raʔ		𖦥	𖦥	𖦥	𖦥	𖦥	mgbɛn
𖥯	𖥯	𖥯	𖥯	𖥯	nʃuɔp			𖦦	𖦦	𖦦	𖦦	mbe
𖥰	𖥰	𖥰	𖥰	𖥰	ndun		𖦧	𖦧	𖦧	𖦧	𖦧	nzaʔ
𖥱	𖥱	𖥱	𖥱	𖥱	puə		𖦨	𖦨	𖦨	𖦨	𖦨	nkɔm
𖥲	𖥲	𖥲	𖥲	𖥲	tam		𖦩	𖦩	𖦩	𖦩	𖦩	gbɛt
𖥳	𖥳	𖥳	𖥳	𖥳	ŋka		𖦪	𖦪	𖦪	𖦪	𖦪	tum
𖥴	𖥴	𖥴	𖥴	𖥴	kpɯx		𖦫	𖦫	𖦫	𖦫	𖦫	küt
𖥵	𖥵	𖥵	𖥵	𖥵	wuɔ			𖦬	𖦬	𖦬	𖦬	yap
	𖥶	𖥶	𖥶	𖥶	se		𖡏	𖦭	𖦭	𖦭	𖦭	nyi
𖥷	𖥷	𖥷	𖥷	𖥷	ŋgɯət		𖦮	𖦮	𖦮	𖦮	𖦮	yit
𖡌	𖥸	𖥸	𖥸	𖥸	paam			𖦯	𖦯	𖦯	𖦯	mfɯʔ
𖥹	𖥹	𖥹	𖥹	𖥹	tɔɔ		𖦰	𖦰	𖦰	𖦰	𖦰	ndiaʔ
𖥺	𖥺	𖥺	𖥺	𖥺	kuɔp		𖦱	𖦱	𖦱	𖦱	𖦱	pieʔ
𖥻	𖥻	𖥻	𖥻	𖥻	lɔm		𖦲	𖦲	𖦲	𖦲	𖦲	yüʔ
𖡍	𖥼	𖥼	𖥼	𖥼	nʃie		𖦳	𖦳	𖦳	𖦳	𖦳	lɯəm
𖥽	𖥽	𖥽	𖥽	𖥽	ŋgɔp		𖦴	𖦴	𖦴	𖦴	𖦴	fü
𖡎	𖥾	𖥾	𖥾	𖥾	məm		𖦵	𖦵	𖦵	𖦵	𖦵	gbɯx
𖥿	𖥿	𖥿	𖥿	𖥿	ŋkɯx		𖦶	𖦶	𖦶	𖦶	𖦶	ŋkup
𖦀	𖦀	𖦀	𖦀	𖦀	ŋɔʔ		𖦷	𖦷	𖦷	𖦷	𖦷	kɛt
𖦁	𖦁	𖦁	𖦁	𖦁	nʃü		𖦸	𖦸	𖦸	𖦸	𖦸	mə
𖦂	𖦂	𖦂	𖦂	𖦂	rimgba			𖦹	𖦹	𖦹	𖦹	ŋkaami
𖣥	𖣥	𖣥	𖦃	𖦃	nʒɯx		𖦺	𖦺	𖦺	𖦺	𖦺	ɣɛt
𖢋	𖢋	𖡲	𖡲	𖡲	nsɛn		𖦻	𖦻	𖦻	𖦻	𖦻	fa
𖦄	𖦄	𖦄	𖦄	𖦄	pem		𖦼	𖦼	𖦼	𖦼	𖦼	ntum
𖦅	𖦅	𖦅	𖦅	𖦅	saa		𖦽	𖦽	𖦽	𖦽	𖦽	pɯt
𖦆	𖦆	𖦆	𖦆	𖦆	ŋgurə		𖦾	𖦾	𖦾	𖦾	𖦾	yɯm
𖦇	𖦇	𖦇	𖦇	𖦇	mgba		𖦿	𖦿	𖦿	𖦿	𖦿	ŋgɯə
𖦈	𖦈	𖦈	𖦈	𖦈	ɣɯx		𖧀	𖧀	𖧀	𖧀	𖧀	nyi
𖦉	𖦉	𖦉	𖦉	𖦉	ŋkɯəm		𖧁	𖧁	𖧁	𖧁	𖧁	nzuʔ
𖦊	𖦊	𖦊	𖦊	𖦊	nʒəmli		𖧂	𖧂	𖧂	𖧂	𖧂	pɔɔn
𖦋	𖦋	𖦋	𖦋	𖦋	map		𖣦	𖣦	𖣦	𖧃	𖧃	mie
𖦌	𖦌	𖦌	𖦌	𖦌	lɔɔt		𖧄	𖧄	𖧄	𖧄	𖧄	füt
	𖦍	𖦍			ŋgee		𖧅	𖧅	𖧅	𖧅	𖧅	nə
𖦎	𖦎	𖦎	𖦎	𖦎	ndiʔ		𖣧	𖣧	𖣧	𖧆	𖧆	muə
𖦏	𖦏	𖦏	𖦏	𖦏	tən ntɯm		𖥈	𖥈	𖥈	𖥈	𖧇	ɣɯə
𖦐	𖦐	𖦐	𖦐	𖦐	sɛt		𖧈	𖧈	𖧈	𖧈	𖧈	fu i
𖦑	𖦑	𖦑	𖦑	𖦑	pum		𖧉	𖧉	𖧉	𖧉	𖧉	mvi
	𖦒	𖦒			ndaa		𖧊	𖧊	𖧊	𖧊	𖧊	puaʔ
𖦓	𖦓	𖦓	𖦓	𖦓	ŋguəʃə nyam			𖧋	𖧋		𖧋	ŋkum
𖦔	𖦔	𖦔	𖦔	𖦔	yie			𖧌	𖧌	𖧌	𖧌	kut
𖦕	𖦕	𖦕	𖦕	𖦕	ɣɯn		𖧍	𖧍	𖧍	𖧍	𖧍	piɛt
𖦖	𖦖	𖦖	𖦖	𖦖	tuə		𖧎	𖧎	𖧎	𖧎	𖧎	ntap
𖦗	𖦗	𖦗	𖦗	𖦗	yɯə		𖧏	𖧏	𖧏	𖧏	𖧏	yɯət
𖦘	𖦘	𖦘	𖦘	𖦘	pɔ		𖧐	𖧐	𖧐	𖧐	𖧐	ŋgup
𖦙	𖦙	𖦙	𖦙	𖦙	tumə		𖧑	𖧑	𖧑	𖧑	𖧑	pa
𖦚	𖦚	𖦚	𖦚	𖦚	kɯə				𖧒			fu
	𖦛	𖦛	𖦛	𖦛	suən			𖧓	𖧓	𖧓	𖧓	fɔm
𖦜	𖦜	𖦜	𖦜	𖦜	tɯəʔ				𖧔			nʒe
A	B	C	D	E	Interpretation		A	B	C	D	E	Interpretation

Bamum characters found through Phase G
(phases C–E are often graphically simplified from the forms displayed here)

Phase							Interpretation		Phase							Interpretation
A	B	C	D	E	F	G			A	B	C	D	E	F	G
𖧕	𖧕	𖧕	𖧕	𖧕	𖧇	ꚠ	a		𖧪	𖧪	𖧪	𖧪	𖧪	𖨡	ꛉ	wü
					ꚠ꛰	ꚠ꛰	a							𖨡꛰	ꛉ꛰	üʔ
𖨃	𖨃	𖨃	𖨃	𖨃	𖨃	ꚡ	ka		𖥚	𖥚	𖥚	𖥚	𖨢	𖨢	ꛊ	pe
𖡐					𖨃꛰	ꚡ꛰	kaʔ							𖨢꛰	ꛊ꛰	peʔ
𖨄	𖨄	𖨄	𖨄	𖨄	𖨄	ꚢ	u		𖧫	𖧫	𖧫	𖧫	𖧫	𖦓	ꛋ	fe
					𖨄꛰	ꚢ꛰	wuʔ		𖡒	𖧬	𖧬	𖧬	𖧬			ve
𖥉	𖥉	𖥉	𖥉	𖨅	𖨅	ꚣ	ku							𖦓꛰	ꛋ꛰	feʔ
					𖨅꛰	ꚣ꛰	kuʔ
𖨆	𖨆	𖨆	𖨆	𖨆	𖨆	ꚤ	e		𖨣	𖨣	𖨣	𖨣	𖨣	𖨣	ꛌ	ru
					𖨆꛰	ꚤ꛰	eʔ							𖨣꛰	ꛌ꛰	ruʔ
	𖨇	𖨇	𖨇	𖨇	𖨇	ꚥ	re		𖡓	𖧭	𖧭	𖧭	𖧭	𖧂?	ꛍ	lu
𖥊	𖥊	𖥊	𖥊		𖨇꛰	ꚥ꛰	rɛn							ꛍ꛰	ꛍ꛰	luʔ
𖥋	𖥋	𖥋	𖥋		𖨈	ꚦ	tə		𖧮	𖧮	𖧮	𖧮	𖧮		ꛎ	mi
𖥌	𖥌	𖥌	𖥌	𖧖	𖨈꛰	ꚦ꛰	tɔʔ							ꛎ꛰	ꛎ꛰	miʔ
𖧗	𖧗	𖧗	𖧗	𖧗	𖦑	ꚧ	ɔ		𖥛	𖥛	𖥛	𖥛	𖨤	𖨤	ꛏ	n'i
					𖦑꛰	ꚧ꛰	ɔʔ		𖡔					𖨤꛰	ꛏ꛰	nɛn
𖥍	𖥍	𖥍	𖥍	𖧀	𖨉	ꚨ	nyi		𖧯	𖧯	𖧯	𖧯	𖧯	𖨥	ꛐ	rɯx
					𖨉꛰	ꚨ꛰	nye							𖨥꛰	ꛐ꛰	rɯʔ
𖧘	𖧘	𖧘	𖧘	𖧘	𖥦	ꚩ	i		𖧰	𖧰	𖧰	𖧰	𖧰	𖥱	ꛑ	rə
					𖥦꛰	ꚩ꛰	iʔ							𖥱꛰	ꛑ꛰	rɔ
					𖨊	ꚪ	la		𖣩	𖣩	𖣩	𖨦	𖨦	𖨦	ꛒ	kɛn
𖧙	𖧙	𖧙	𖧙	𖧙	𖨊꛰	ꚪ꛰	laʔ		𖣪	𖣪	𖣪			𖨦꛰	ꛒ꛰	kɛn (with high tone)
𖧚	𖧚	𖧚	𖧚	𖧚	𖥯	ꚫ	pa			𖨧		𖨧	𖨧	𖨧	ꛓ	ŋkwən
					𖥯꛰	ꚫ꛰	paʔ		𖧱	𖧱	𖧱	𖧱	𖧱	𖨧꛰	ꛓ꛰	ŋuət
𖥎	𖥎	𖥎	𖥎	𖨋	𖨋	ꚬ	rii		𖨨	𖨨	𖨨	𖨨	𖨨	𖨨	ꛔ	ŋga
					𖨋꛰	ꚬ꛰	riʔ							𖨨꛰	ꛔ꛰	ŋgaʔ
𖨌	𖨌	𖨌	𖨌	𖨌	𖨌	ꚭ	rie		𖧲	𖧲	𖧲	𖧲	𖧲	𖥮	ꛕ	ŋa
					𖨌꛰	ꚭ꛰	z		𖣫	𖣫	𖣫			𖥮꛰	ꛕ꛰	ŋaʔ
𖥏	𖥏	𖥏	𖥏	𖤰	𖤰	ꚮ	lee			𖧳	𖧳		𖧳	𖨩	ꛖ	ʃɔ
					𖤰꛰	ꚮ꛰	leʔ		𖥜	𖥜	𖥜	𖥜	𖧴	𖨩꛰	ꛖ꛰	ʃɔʔ
𖥐	𖥐	𖥐	𖥐	𖨍	𖨍	ꚯ	mee		𖨪	𖨪	𖨪	𖨪	𖨪	𖨪	ꛗ	puə
				𖥐	𖨍꛰	ꚯ꛰	meʔ		𖥝	𖥝	𖥝	𖥝	𖦠	𖨪꛰	ꛗ꛰	puʔ
𖧛	𖧛	𖧛	𖧛	𖧛	𖨎	ꚰ	taa		𖧵	𖧵	𖧵	𖧵	𖧵	𖧒	ꛘ	fu
𖧜	𖧜	𖧜	𖧜	𖧜	𖨎꛰	ꚰ꛰	taʔ							𖧒꛰	ꛘ꛰	fuʔ
𖧝	𖧝	𖧝	𖧝	𖧝	𖨏	ꚱ	ndaa						𖨫	𖨫	ꛙ	fɔm
					𖨏꛰	ꚱ꛰	ndaʔ		𖥞	𖥞	𖥞	𖥞		𖨫꛰	ꛙ꛰	mvɔp
𖨐	𖨐	𖨐	𖨐	𖨐	𖨐	ꚲ	nʒəm		𖨬		𖨬	𖨬	𖨬	𖨬	ꛚ	wa
					𖨐꛰	ꚲ꛰	yəm							𖨬꛰	ꛚ꛰	waʔ
𖥑	𖥑	𖥑	𖥑	𖨑	𖨑	ꚳ	m		𖧶	𖧶	𖧶	𖧶	𖧶	𖥭	ꛛ	na
					𖨑	ꚳ꛰	n		𖡕	𖣬	𖣬			ꛛ꛰	ꛛ꛰	naʔ
𖥒	𖥒	𖥒	𖥒	𖨒	𖨒	ꚴ	suu		𖨭	𖨭	𖨭	𖨭	𖨭	𖨭	ꛜ	li
					𖨒꛰	ꚴ꛰	suʔ		𖣭	𖣭	𖣭			𖨭꛰	ꛜ꛰	liʔ
𖥓	𖥓	𖥓	𖥓	𖤱	𖤱	ꚵ	mu		𖧷	𖧷	𖧷	𖧷	𖧷	𖧡	ꛝ	pi
					𖤱꛰	ꚵ꛰	muʔ		𖣮	𖣮	𖣮			𖧡꛰	ꛝ꛰	pin
𖥔	𖥔	𖥔	𖥔	𖨓	𖨓	ꚶ	ʃii		𖥟	𖥟	𖥟	𖥟	𖨮	𖨮	ꛞ	lɔʔ
𖣨	𖣨	𖣨	𖧞	𖧞	𖨓꛰	ꚶ꛰	ʃiʔ		𖧸	𖧸	𖧸	𖧸	𖧸	𖨮꛰	ꛞ꛰	lɔʔ
𖨔	𖨔	𖨔	𖨔	𖨔	𖨔	ꚷ	si			𖧹	𖧹	𖧹	𖧹	𖨯	ꛟ	kɔ
					𖨔꛰	ꚷ꛰	siʔ							𖨯꛰	ꛟ꛰	kɔʔ
𖥕	𖥕	𖥕	𖥕		𖧁	ꚸ	ʃɯx		𖨰	𖨰	𖨰	𖨰	𖨰	𖨰	ꛠ	mbɛn
𖧟	𖧟	𖧟	𖧟	𖧟	ꚸ꛰	ꚸ꛰	yɯx			𖣯	𖣯	𖣗		𖨰꛰	ꛠ꛰	pɛn
𖨕	𖨕	𖨕	𖨕	𖨕	𖨕	ꚹ	sɯx		𖥠	𖥠	𖥠	𖥠	𖨱	𖨱	ꛡ	rɛn
					𖨕꛰	ꚹ꛰	sɯʔ							𖨱꛰	ꛡ꛰	rɛn
𖥖	𖥖	𖥖	𖥖	𖨖	𖨖	ꚺ	kye		𖧺	𖧺	𖧺	𖧺	𖧺	𖥩	ꛢ	mɛn
					𖨖꛰	ꚺ꛰	kyeʔ							𖥩꛰	ꛢ꛰	mɛn
𖨗	𖨗	𖨗	𖨗	𖨗	𖨗	ꚻ	kɛt			𖢌	𖧻	𖧻	𖧻	𖨲	ꛣ	ma
					𖨗꛰	ꚻ꛰	keʔ		𖧼	𖧼	𖧼	𖧼	𖧼	𖨲꛰	ꛣ꛰	maʔ
𖨘	𖨘	𖨘	𖨘	𖨘	𖨘	ꚼ	nuə		𖥡	𖥡	𖥡	𖥡	𖣻	𖣻	ꛤ	ti
𖧠	𖧠	𖧠	𖧠	𖧠	𖨘꛰	ꚼ꛰	ŋuə		𖧽	𖧽	𖧽	𖧽	𖧽	𖣻꛰	ꛤ꛰	tɯ
	𖥗	𖥗	𖥗	𖨙	𖨙	ꚽ	nu		𖧾	𖧾	𖧾	𖧾	𖧾		ꛥ	ki
					𖨙	ꚽ꛰	nuʔ		𖢍	𖢍				ꛥ꛰	ꛥ꛰	kiʔ
𖨚	𖨚	𖨚	𖨚	𖨚	𖨚	ꚾ	nʒuə		𖨳	𖨳	𖨳	𖨳	𖨳	𖨳	ꛦ	mɔ
𖧡	𖧡	𖧡	𖧡	𖧡	𖨚꛰	ꚾ꛰	yuən			𖧿	𖧿		𖧿	𖨳꛰	ꛦ꛰	mɔn
	𖧢	𖧢	𖧢	𖧢	𖨛	ꚿ	yɔʔ ("swimming")	𖨴	𖨴	𖨴	𖨴	𖨴	𖨴	ꛧ	mbaa
𖧣	𖧣	𖧣	𖧣	𖧣	𖨛꛰	ꚿ꛰	yɔʔ ("cover")	𖡖					𖨴꛰	ꛧ꛰	mbaʔ
𖥘	𖥘	𖥘	𖥘	𖨜	𖨜	ꛀ	ʃu	𖨵	𖨵	𖨵	𖨵	𖨵	𖨵	ꛨ	tɛt
					𖨜꛰	ꛀ꛰	ʃuʔ		𖣰	𖣰			𖨵꛰	ꛨ꛰	tɛt (with high tone)
𖧤	𖧤	𖧤	𖧤	𖧤		ꛁ	yuʔ	𖨶	𖨶	𖨶	𖨶	𖨶	𖨶	ꛩ	kpa
𖧥	𖧥	𖧥	𖧥	𖧥	ꛁ꛰	ꛁ꛰	yun						𖨶꛰	ꛩ꛰	ŋma
𖨝	𖨝	𖨝	𖨝	𖨝	𖨝	ꛂ	ya	𖨀	𖨀	𖨀	𖨀	𖨀	𖦨	ꛪ	tɛn
					𖨝꛰	ꛂ꛰	yaʔ						𖦨꛰	ꛪ꛰	tɛn
𖡑	𖨞	𖨞	𖨞	𖨞	𖨞	ꛃ	nʃa	𖥢	𖥢	𖥢	𖥢	𖥣	𖥣	ꛫ	ntuu
					𖨞꛰	ꛃ꛰	ʃaʔ						𖥣꛰	ꛫ꛰	tuʔ
	𖧦	𖧦	𖧦	𖧦	𖧳	ꛄ	kɯx	𖦅𖥣	𖦅𖥣	𖦅𖥣	𖦅𖥣	𖨷	𖨷	ꛬ	samba
					𖧳꛰	ꛄ꛰	ɣɯ	𖥤	𖥤	𖥤	𖥤		𖨷꛰	ꛬ꛰	saʔ
𖧧	𖧧	𖧧	𖧧	𖧧	𖨟	ꛅ	pɯx	𖥥𖦸	𖥥𖦸	𖥥𖦸	𖥥𖦸	ꛭ	𖤩	ꛭ	faamə
					𖨟꛰	ꛅ꛰	pɯʔ	𖨁	𖨁	𖨁	𖨁	𖨁	𖤩꛰	ꛭ꛰	faʔ
𖧨	𖧨	𖧨	𖧨	𖧨	𖧔	ꛆ	nʒe	𖧹𖨸	𖧹𖨸	𖧹𖨸	𖧹𖨸	𖨸	𖨸	ꛮ	kɔvü
					𖧔꛰	ꛆ꛰	nʒeʔ						𖨸꛰	ꛮ꛰	fü
𖥙	𖥙	𖥙	𖥙	𖨠	𖨠	ꛇ	nte	𖧹𖨂	𖧹𖨂	𖧹𖨂	𖧹𖨂	𖨂	𖧾	ꛯ	ɣɔm
					𖨠꛰	ꛇ꛰	teʔ	𖢎	𖢎				𖧾꛰	ꛯ꛰	ŋgɔm
𖧩	𖧩	𖧩	𖧩	𖧩	𖥰	ꛈ	pü
					𖥰꛰	ꛈ꛰	püʔ
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Unicode

Main articles: Bamum (Unicode block) and Bamum Supplement (Unicode block)

Bamum's 88 characters were added to the Unicode standard in October, 2009 with the release of version 5.2. Bamum Unicode character names are based on the International Phonetic Alphabet forms given in L’écriture des Bamum (1950) by Idelette Dugast and M.D.W. Jeffreys:[5]

Usage	Letters
Dugast & Jeffreys	a	b	d	ɛ	e	ǝ	f	ɣ	g	i	k	l	m	n	ŋ	ɔ
Unicode name	A	B	D	EE	EA	E	F	GH	G	I	K	L	M	N	NG	O
French	a	b	d	è	é	e	f	gh	g	i	k	l	m	n	ng	o
Dugast & Jeffreys	p	r	s	ʃ	t	u	ü	ɯ	v	w	x	y	z	ʒ	ʔ
Unicode name	P	R	S	SH	T	U	UE	EU	V	W	X	Y	Z	J	Q
French	p	r	s	sh	t	u	ü	ù	v	w	x	y	z	j	’

The Unicode block for Bamum is U+A6A0–U+A6FF:

Bamum^[1]^[2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

A

B

C

D

E

F

U+A6Ax

ꚠ

ꚡ

ꚢ

ꚣ

ꚤ

ꚥ

ꚦ

ꚧ

ꚨ

ꚩ

ꚪ

ꚫ

ꚬ

ꚭ

ꚮ

ꚯ

U+A6Bx

ꚰ

ꚱ

ꚲ

ꚳ

ꚴ

ꚵ

ꚶ

ꚷ

ꚸ

ꚹ

ꚺ

ꚻ

ꚼ

ꚽ

ꚾ

ꚿ

U+A6Cx

ꛀ

ꛁ

ꛂ

ꛃ

ꛄ

ꛅ

ꛆ

ꛇ

ꛈ

ꛉ

ꛊ

ꛋ

ꛌ

ꛍ

ꛎ

ꛏ

U+A6Dx

ꛐ

ꛑ

ꛒ

ꛓ

ꛔ

ꛕ

ꛖ

ꛗ

ꛘ

ꛙ

ꛚ

ꛛ

ꛜ

ꛝ

ꛞ

ꛟ

U+A6Ex

ꛠ

ꛡ

ꛢ

ꛣ

ꛤ

ꛥ

ꛦ

ꛧ

ꛨ

ꛩ

ꛪ

ꛫ

ꛬ

ꛭ

ꛮ

ꛯ

U+A6Fx

꛰

꛱

꛲

꛳

꛴

꛵

꛶

꛷

Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 13.0 2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

Historical stages of Bamum script were added to Unicode in October, 2010 with the release of version 6.0. These are encoded in the Bamum Supplement block as U+16800–U+16A3F. The various stages of script development are dubbed "Phase-A" to "Phase-E". The character names note the last phase in which they appear. For example, U+168EE 𖣮 BAMUM LETTER PHASE-C PIN is attested through Phase C but not in Phase D.

Bamum Supplement^[1]^[2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

A

B

C

D

E

F

U+1680x

𖠀

𖠁

𖠂

𖠃

𖠄

𖠅

𖠆

𖠇

𖠈

𖠉

𖠊

𖠋

𖠌

𖠍

𖠎

𖠏

U+1681x

𖠐

𖠑

𖠒

𖠓

𖠔

𖠕

𖠖

𖠗

𖠘

𖠙

𖠚

𖠛

𖠜

𖠝

𖠞

𖠟

U+1682x

𖠠

𖠡

𖠢

𖠣

𖠤

𖠥

𖠦

𖠧

𖠨

𖠩

𖠪

𖠫

𖠬

𖠭

𖠮

𖠯

U+1683x

𖠰

𖠱

𖠲

𖠳

𖠴

𖠵

𖠶

𖠷

𖠸

𖠹

𖠺

𖠻

𖠼

𖠽

𖠾

𖠿

U+1684x

𖡀

𖡁

𖡂

𖡃

𖡄

𖡅

𖡆

𖡇

𖡈

𖡉

𖡊

𖡋

𖡌

𖡍

𖡎

𖡏

U+1685x

𖡐

𖡑

𖡒

𖡓

𖡔

𖡕

𖡖

𖡗

𖡘

𖡙

𖡚

𖡛

𖡜

𖡝

𖡞

𖡟

U+1686x

𖡠

𖡡

𖡢

𖡣

𖡤

𖡥

𖡦

𖡧

𖡨

𖡩

𖡪

𖡫

𖡬

𖡭

𖡮

𖡯

U+1687x

𖡰

𖡱

𖡲

𖡳

𖡴

𖡵

𖡶

𖡷

𖡸

𖡹

𖡺

𖡻

𖡼

𖡽

𖡾

𖡿

U+1688x

𖢀

𖢁

𖢂

𖢃

𖢄

𖢅

𖢆

𖢇

𖢈

𖢉

𖢊

𖢋

𖢌

𖢍

𖢎

𖢏

U+1689x

𖢐

𖢑

𖢒

𖢓

𖢔

𖢕

𖢖

𖢗

𖢘

𖢙

𖢚

𖢛

𖢜

𖢝

𖢞

𖢟

U+168Ax

𖢠

𖢡

𖢢

𖢣

𖢤

𖢥

𖢦

𖢧

𖢨

𖢩

𖢪

𖢫

𖢬

𖢭

𖢮

𖢯

U+168Bx

𖢰

𖢱

𖢲

𖢳

𖢴

𖢵

𖢶

𖢷

𖢸

𖢹

𖢺

𖢻

𖢼

𖢽

𖢾

𖢿

U+168Cx

𖣀

𖣁

𖣂

𖣃

𖣄

𖣅

𖣆

𖣇

𖣈

𖣉

𖣊

𖣋

𖣌

𖣍

𖣎

𖣏

U+168Dx

𖣐

𖣑

𖣒

𖣓

𖣔

𖣕

𖣖

𖣗

𖣘

𖣙

𖣚

𖣛

𖣜

𖣝

𖣞

𖣟

U+168Ex

𖣠

𖣡

𖣢

𖣣

𖣤

𖣥

𖣦

𖣧

𖣨

𖣩

𖣪

𖣫

𖣬

𖣭

𖣮

𖣯

U+168Fx

𖣰

𖣱

𖣲

𖣳

𖣴

𖣵

𖣶

𖣷

𖣸

𖣹

𖣺

𖣻

𖣼

𖣽

𖣾

𖣿

U+1690x

𖤀

𖤁

𖤂

𖤃

𖤄

𖤅

𖤆

𖤇

𖤈

𖤉

𖤊

𖤋

𖤌

𖤍

𖤎

𖤏

U+1691x

𖤐

𖤑

𖤒

𖤓

𖤔

𖤕

𖤖

𖤗

𖤘

𖤙

𖤚

𖤛

𖤜

𖤝

𖤞

𖤟

U+1692x

𖤠

𖤡

𖤢

𖤣

𖤤

𖤥

𖤦

𖤧

𖤨

𖤩

𖤪

𖤫

𖤬

𖤭

𖤮

𖤯

U+1693x

𖤰

𖤱

𖤲

𖤳

𖤴

𖤵

𖤶

𖤷

𖤸

𖤹

𖤺

𖤻

𖤼

𖤽

𖤾

𖤿

U+1694x

𖥀

𖥁

𖥂

𖥃

𖥄

𖥅

𖥆

𖥇

𖥈

𖥉

𖥊

𖥋

𖥌

𖥍

𖥎

𖥏

U+1695x

𖥐

𖥑

𖥒

𖥓

𖥔

𖥕

𖥖

𖥗

𖥘

𖥙

𖥚

𖥛

𖥜

𖥝

𖥞

𖥟

U+1696x

𖥠

𖥡

𖥢

𖥣

𖥤

𖥥

𖥦

𖥧

𖥨

𖥩

𖥪

𖥫

𖥬

𖥭

𖥮

𖥯

U+1697x

𖥰

𖥱

𖥲

𖥳

𖥴

𖥵

𖥶

𖥷

𖥸

𖥹

𖥺

𖥻

𖥼

𖥽

𖥾

𖥿

U+1698x

𖦀

𖦁

𖦂

𖦃

𖦄

𖦅

𖦆

𖦇

𖦈

𖦉

𖦊

𖦋

𖦌

𖦍

𖦎

𖦏

U+1699x

𖦐

𖦑

𖦒

𖦓

𖦔

𖦕

𖦖

𖦗

𖦘

𖦙

𖦚

𖦛

𖦜

𖦝

𖦞

𖦟

U+169Ax

𖦠

𖦡

𖦢

𖦣

𖦤

𖦥

𖦦

𖦧

𖦨

𖦩

𖦪

𖦫

𖦬

𖦭

𖦮

𖦯

U+169Bx

𖦰

𖦱

𖦲

𖦳

𖦴

𖦵

𖦶

𖦷

𖦸

𖦹

𖦺

𖦻

𖦼

𖦽

𖦾

𖦿

U+169Cx

𖧀

𖧁

𖧂

𖧃

𖧄

𖧅

𖧆

𖧇

𖧈

𖧉

𖧊

𖧋

𖧌

𖧍

𖧎

𖧏

U+169Dx

𖧐

𖧑

𖧒

𖧓

𖧔

𖧕

𖧖

𖧗

𖧘

𖧙

𖧚

𖧛

𖧜

𖧝

𖧞

𖧟

U+169Ex

𖧠

𖧡

𖧢

𖧣

𖧤

𖧥

𖧦

𖧧

𖧨

𖧩

𖧪

𖧫

𖧬

𖧭

𖧮

𖧯

U+169Fx

𖧰

𖧱

𖧲

𖧳

𖧴

𖧵

𖧶

𖧷

𖧸

𖧹

𖧺

𖧻

𖧼

𖧽

𖧾

𖧿

U+16A0x

𖨀

𖨁

𖨂

𖨃

𖨄

𖨅

𖨆

𖨇

𖨈

𖨉

𖨊

𖨋

𖨌

𖨍

𖨎

𖨏

U+16A1x

𖨐

𖨑

𖨒

𖨓

𖨔

𖨕

𖨖

𖨗

𖨘

𖨙

𖨚

𖨛

𖨜

𖨝

𖨞

𖨟

U+16A2x

𖨠

𖨡

𖨢

𖨣

𖨤

𖨥

𖨦

𖨧

𖨨

𖨩

𖨪

𖨫

𖨬

𖨭

𖨮

𖨯

U+16A3x

𖨰

𖨱

𖨲

𖨳

𖨴

𖨵

𖨶

𖨷

𖨸

Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 13.0 2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

See also

• Bamum font

References

1. The History of cartography. Harley, J. B. (John Brian), Woodward, David, 1942–2004, Monmonier, Mark S. University of Chicago Press. 1987–2015. p. 42. ISBN 9780226907284. OCLC 13456456.CS1 maint: others (link)
2. The End of King Njoya and the Bamum Script
3. Unseth, Peter. 2011. Invention of Scripts in West Africa for Ethnic Revitalization. In The Success-Failure Continuum in Language and Ethnic Identity Efforts, ed. by Joshua A. Fishman and Ofelia García, pp. 23-32. New York: Oxford University Press.
4. Riley, Charles (2007-01-19). "L2/07-023: Towards the Encoding of the Bamum Script in the UCS" (PDF).
5. Everson, Michael; Riley, Charles; Tuchscherer, Konrad (2008-10-14). "L2/08-350: Proposal to encode modern Bamum in the BMP" (PDF).
6. "Chapter 19: Africa, Bamum" (PDF). The Unicode Standard, Version 10.0. Mountain View, California: Unicode, Inc. July 2017. ISBN 978-1-936213-16-0.

External links

• Bamum - Atlas of Endangered Alphabets
• Bamum Scripts and Archives Project
• Omniglot page (contradicts the Unicode sound assignments)