Bamum script
The Bamum scripts are an evolutionary series of six scripts created for the Bamum language by Ibrahim Njoya, King of Bamum (now western Cameroon). They are notable for evolving from a pictographic system to a semi-syllabary in the space of fourteen 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 sixth Bamum script, c. 1910. | |
| Script type | |
Time period | c. 1896, moribund c. 1931, revived c. 2007 |
| Direction | Left-to-right |
| Languages | Bamum |
| Related scripts | |
Child systems | Bagam? |
| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Bamu (435), Bamum |
| Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Bamum |
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