Wolofal script

Wolofal is a derivation of the Arabic script for writing the Wolof language. It is basically the name of a West African Ajami script as used for that language.

Wolofal was the first script for writing Wolof language. Although a Latin alphabet is the official script of the language in today's Senegal, Wolofal is still used by many people as the symbol of Wolof-Islamic culture.

Bibliography

Mamadou Cissé: « Graphical borrowing and African realities » in Revue du Musée National d'Ethnologie d'Osaka, Japan, June 2000.
Mamadou Cissé: « Ecrits et écritures en Afrique de l'Ouest » in Sud Langues June 2006.
PanAfriL10n Wolof

Arabic alphabets

Europe	Aljamiado Arebica Azerbaijani Belarusian Kazakh Ottoman Turkish Tatar (İske imlâ Yaña imlâ)

Asia	Arabic Arabi Malayalam Arwi Azerbaijani Buri Wolio Jawi Kazakh Khowar Kurdish Kyrgyz Ottoman Turkish Pashto Pegon Persian Saraiki Shahmukhī Tajik Turkmen Urdu Uyghur Uzbek Xiao'erjing

Africa	Afrikaans Ajami Berber Fula Sorabe Swahili Wadaad Wolof

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