African (script family)

The African script family is a collection of writing systems (scripts), or forms of transcription. This classification of script families is based on the geographical region from where it originated.

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List of African family scripts: A–Z

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Type
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Citation

MLA 8

PsychLing Contributors. "African." PsychLing, OMNIKA Foundation, 6 Aug. 2023, psylng.org/mli/afri. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

APA 6

PsychLing (2023, August 6). African. Retrieved from https://psylng.org/mli/afri

CMS 16

PsychLing Contributors. "African." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created August 6, 2023. Modified September 18, 2023. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://psylng.org/mli/afri.

Bibliography

WM

Internet Archive Contributors. "Wayback Machine." San Francisco, CA: Internet Archive. Created October 24, 2001. Accessed July 21, 2023. https://web.archive.org. [Visit]

OMNIKA

OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "OMNIKA: Digital Mythology Library." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created January 21, 2019. Accessed July 28, 2023. https://omnika.org. [Visit]

ISO 639-3

SIL International Contributors. "ISO 639-3 Registration Authority: International Standard for Language Codes." Dallas, TX: SIL International. Accessed July 28, 2023. https://iso639-3.sil.org. [Visit]

ScriptSource

SIL International Contributors. "ScriptSource: Index of Languages and Writing Systems." Dallas, TX: SIL International. Created June 11, 2011. Accessed July 28, 2023. https://scriptsource.org. [Visit]

ISO 15924

Unicode Consortium Contributors. "ISO 15924 Registration Authority: Codes for the Representation of Names of Scripts." Mountain View, CA: The Unicode Consortium. Created 2004. Accessed August 6, 2023. https://unicode.org/iso15924. [Visit]

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