Loma Loma

The Loma syllabary was invented during the 1930s by Wido Zobo (Widɔ Zoɓo) of Boneketa in Liberia. It was used among the Loma people, mainly for personal correspondence, during the 1930s and 1940s to write Loma, a Southwestern Mande language spoken in Liberia. It is no longer used and Loma is now written with the Latin alphabet.

Notable features

Loma syllabary

Loma syllabary

Sample text in the Loma Syllabary

Sample text in the Loma Syllabary

Transliteration

lòma kò lò ni u lò no bonekèta. ge kèbè lwo. li e va ga zi yé. ge ma li ty ' ge zu vè. pè lè u ba la, ga li zu ta zu. masata zu widò zo'bo kae bilèma kowogi li du lu kò lò zu.

Source: http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17059-n4786-loma.pdf

Information about Loma | Loma syllabary | Phrases

Links

Information about the Loma syllabary
https://digitalorientalist.com/2018/10/08/notes-on-the-study-of-loma/
https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17059-n4786-loma.pdf

Syllabaries

Afaka, Bamum, Caroline Island Script, Celtiberian, Cherokee, Cypriot, Dunging (Iban), Eskayan, Hiragana, Iberian, Katakana, Kpelle, Loma, Mende (Kikakui), Mwangwego, Nüshu, Nwagụ Aneke, Vai, Yi, Yugtun

Other writing systems

Page last modified: 15.03.23

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