Ajami alphabet

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)

אלפבית עג'מי

Name (Latin)

Ajami alphabet

Name (Arabic)

خط عجمي

Wikidata: Q378074

Library of congress: sh2012004301

Sources of Information

Work cat: Doumbouya, M.B. Lire et écrire en pular : alphabet ajami, 1989?
Wikipedia, Nov. 3, 2012(Ajami script; The term Ajami or Ajamiyya which comes from the Arabic root for "foreign" or "stranger," has been applied to Arabic alphabets used for writing African languages. It is considered an Arabic derived African writing system ... The West African Hausa is an example of a language written using Ajami, especially during the pre-colonial period when Qur'anic schools taught Muslim children Arabic, and by extension, Ajami; still in widespread use, especially in Islamic circles)
Ngom, F. Ajami Intellectual Heritage of sub-Saharan Africa, viewed Nov. 3, 2012(Ajami is a generic term used to refer to non-Arabic languages written with Arabic scripts. It has been used for centuries to write African languages. Today, Ajami manuscripts are found among the Swahili, Hausa, Fulani, Mandinka, and Wolof people across Africa, to name only these)

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