Vai
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Vai is spoken in northwestern Liberia and southeastern Sierra Leone.
Vai is a Mande language with about 100,000 or more speakers. It is famous for the Vai syllabary, created around 1833 by Momolu Duwalu Bukele, one of the few writing systems invented in Africa.
Vai is a Mande language with about 100,000 or more speakers. It is famous for the Vai syllabary, created around 1833 by Momolu Duwalu Bukele, one of the few writing systems invented in Africa.
- Language Family
- Niger-Congo
- Subgroup
- Western Sudanic
- Branch
- Mande
Vai Language Sample
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1
Vai
ꕉꕜꕮ ꔔꘋ ꖸ ꔰ ꗋꘋ ꕮꕨ ꔔꘋ ꖸ ꕎ ꕉꖸꕊ ꕴꖃ ꕃꔤꘂ ꗱ, ꕉꖷ ꗪꗡ ꔻꔤ ꗏꗒꗡ ꕎ ꗪ ꕉꖸꕊ ꖏꕎ. ꕉꕡ ꖏ ꗳꕮꕊ ꗏ ꕪ ꗓ ꕉꖷ ꕉꖸ ꕘꕞ ꗪ. ꖏꖷ ꕉꖸꔧ ꖏ ꖸ ꕚꕌꘂ ꗷꔤ ꕞ ꘃꖷ ꘉꔧ ꗠꖻ ꕞ ꖴꘋ ꔳꕩ ꕉꖸ ꗳ.English translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Source: OHCHR translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights