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Sai syllabary

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Sai syllabary
Type
Languages Wai harshe
Parent systems
  • Sai syllabary
Direction Samfuri:ISO 15924 direction
ISO 15924 Vaii, 470
Unicode alias
Samfuri:ISO 15924 alias

Sai syllabary tsarin rubuce-rubuce ne wanda Momolu Duwalu Bukele na Jondu ya tsara don yaren Vai, a cikin abin da ke yanzu Grand Cape Mount County, Laberiya.[1][2] Bukele ana ɗaukarsa a cikin al'ummar Vai, da kuma yawancin malamai, a matsayin mai kirkirar syllabary da kuma babban mai gabatar da shi lokacin da aka fara rubuta shi a cikin shekarun 1830. Yana daya daga cikin rubuce-rubucen 'yan asalin da suka fi cin nasara a Yammacin Afirka dangane da yawan masu amfani da yanzu da kuma wadatar adabin da aka rubuta a cikin rubutun, ɗayan kuma shine N'Ko. [3][4]

Tsarin rubutun

[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]

Vai rubutun syllabic ne da aka rubuta daga hagu zuwa dama wanda ke wakiltar sassan CV; an rubuta hanci na ƙarshe tare da wannan glyph kamar hanci na Vai syllabic. Asalin akwai glyphs daban-daban don sassan da suka ƙare a cikin hanci, kamar Don, tare da dogon wasali, kamar soo, tare da diphthong, kamar bai, da Bili da sɛli. Koyaya, an sauke waɗannan daga rubutun zamani.

Harshen Vai ya rarrabe dukkan sassan yaren Vai har zuwa shekarun 1960 lokacin da Jami'ar Laberiya ta kara bambance-bambance ta hanyar canza wasu glyphs tare da dots ko karin bugun jini don rufe dukkan sassan CV da ake amfani da su. Akwai ƙananan glyphs don wasula na hanci saboda kaɗan ne kawai ke faruwa tare da kowane ma'ana. [yanawa da ake buƙata]

Alamomin da aka yi amfani da su don rubuta kalmomi sun samo asali don zama masu sauƙi a gani a tsawon lokaci, kuma bincike ya nuna cewa za su iya yin hakan a cikin 'yan ƙarni kawai.[5]

Hanyar da za a iya danganta da Cherokee

[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]

A cikin shekarun 1960s malaman sun fara ba da shawarar cewa syllabary na Cherokee na Arewacin Amurka na iya samar da misali don ƙirar syllabaray Vai a Laberiya. Saiyar Vai ta fito ne game da 1832/33. Wannan ya kasance a lokacin da masu wa'azi na Amurka ke aiki don amfani da syllabary na Cherokee a matsayin abin koyi don rubuta harsunan Laberiya.[6] Wani alaƙa na iya zama Cherokee wanda ya yi hijira zuwa Laberiya bayan kirkirar syllabary na Cherokee (wanda a farkon shekarunsa ya bazu da sauri tsakanin Cherokee) amma kafin kirkirar Vai syllabarry. Ɗaya daga cikin irin wannan mutumin, Cherokee Austin Curtis, ya yi aure a cikin sanannen iyalin Vai kuma ya zama babban shugaban Vai da kansa. "Rubuce-rubucen soyayya a kan gida" wanda ya fara jawo hankalin duniya ga wanzuwar rubutun Vai a zahiri a gidan Curtis ne, Cherokee.[7]

  1. Migeod, F.W.H. (1909). "The syllabic writing of the Vai people". Journal of the African Society. 9 (33): 46–58. JSTOR 715184.
  2. Massaquoi, Momolu (1911). "The Vai people and their syllabic writing". Journal of the African Society. 10 (40): 459–466. JSTOR 714743.
  3. (Ofelia ed.). Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "British Library Documents showing the Vai script". www.bl.uk. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  5. Migeod, F.W.H. (1909). "The syllabic writing of the Vai people". Journal of the African Society. 9 (33): 46–58. JSTOR 715184.
  6. Migeod, F.W.H. (1909). "The syllabic writing of the Vai people". Journal of the African Society. 9 (33): 46–58. JSTOR 715184.
  7. Tuchscherer, Konrad; Hair, P.E.H. (2002). "Cherokee and West Africa: Examining the origins of the Vai script". History in Africa. 29: 427–486. doi:10.2307/3172173. JSTOR 3172173. S2CID 162073602.