Fascinating article!
"Unearthing a Long Ignored African Writing System, One Researcher Finds African History, by Africans: BU anthropologist Fallou Ngom discovered Ajami, a modified Arabic script, in a box of his late father’s old papers" posted December 21, 2022, written by Molly Callahan
https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/fallou-ngom-discovers-ajami-african-writing-system/
#linguistics #Ajami #Africa
"Unearthing a Long Ignored African Writing System, One Researcher Finds African History, by Africans: BU anthropologist Fallou Ngom discovered Ajami, a modified Arabic script, in a box of his late father’s old papers" posted December 21, 2022, written by Molly Callahan
https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/fallou-ngom-discovers-ajami-african-writing-system/
#linguistics #Ajami #Africa
Unearthing a Long Ignored African Writing System, One Researcher Finds African History, by Africans
A note in Ajami, a modified Arabic script, from Fallou Ngom's late father opened the door to a lifetime of discovery in African language and history.Molly Callahan (The Brink)