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Gbékoun

Script type

alphabet

Time period

fl. 2019–present
DirectionLeft-to-right
LanguagesFon, other languages of Benin

The Gbékoun script. At top are the 33 letters, in middle the 10 digits (1 through 9, with zero at right), and at bottom are the punctuation marks.[1]

The Gbékoun script was created prior to 2019 by Togbédji Adigbè of Dangbo, a speaker of the Weme dialect of Fon.[2][3] It was intended as an indigenous script for all the languages of the Republic of Benin, and has been applied to Fon, Adja, Yoruba, Dendi, Boo, Yom and Ayizo. It has been used in mother-tongue education in specialized schools.

Gbékoun script consists of 24 consonant letters and 9 vowel letters. There are tonic diacritics, decimal digits and number of punctuation marks.

References[edit]

  1. ^ The vowel letters are the first four of the first line, second from last in the second line, sixth from last and last three in the last line. The eighth letter is ⟨n⟩, used both as a consonant and for nasal vowels.
  • ^ Anselme Pascal AGUEHOUNDE, Promotion des langues locales au Bénin: L’alphabet Gbékoun, la clé de tous les dialectes, 29 April 2021.
  • ^ Un alphabet de 33 lettres inventé pour «l’essor» des langues africaines, 12 August 2019

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