Nsibidi script

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Three characters

The Ndsibidi script was a pictorial script from eastern Nigeria used by the Ndsibidi secret society .

This script never reached the syllabic stage and its origin is unclear.

Examples

Nsibidi
"Nsibidi"
Nsibidi welcome
"Welcome!"
Nsibidi talk
"two men in conversation"
Nsibidi door
"Door"
Nsibidi gun
"Gun"
Nsibidi crossbow
"Arc"
Nsibidi calabash
"Calabash"
Nsibidi big drum
"big drum"
Etak Ntaña Nsibidi
"Etak Ntaña Nsibidi"
Nsibidi umbrella
"Umbrella"
Nsibidi toilet soap
"Toilet soap"
Nsibidi matchet
"Machete"
Nsibidi woman
"Woman"
Nsibidi man
"Man"
Nsibidi moon
"Moon"
Nsibidi tortoise
"Turtle"

literature

  • Hermann Forkl: Kitaba and Nsibidi. Writing systems and mnemonic characters from Africa and the Orient . Stuttgart 1989 (catalog for the exhibition of the same name in Stuttgart, “Book Julius”, October 7 to November 2, 1989).
  • Hans Jensen : The writing in the past and present . 3rd edition. Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1984, ISBN 3-326-00232-7 , p. 209 f.
  • Saki Mafundikwa: African alphabets. The story of writing in Africa . Batty Press, New York 2007, ISBN 0-9772827-6-7 , pp. 102-112.

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