Adlam script
| Adlam Pular 𞤀𞤣𞤤𞤢𞤥 𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞤪 | |
|---|---|
"Adlam" written in Adlam script | |
| Script type | Alphabet
|
| Creator | Ibrahima Barry and Abdoulaye Barry |
Period | 1989–present |
| Direction | Right-to-left script |
| Languages | Fula |
| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Adlm (166), Adlam |
| Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Adlam |
| U+1E900–U+1E95F | |
The Adlam script is a script used to write Fulani. The name Adlam is an acronym derived from the first four letters of the alphabet (A, D, L, M), standing for Alkule Dandayɗe Leñol Mulugol (𞤀𞤤𞤳𞤵𞤤𞤫 𞤁𞤢𞤲𞤣𞤢𞤴𞤯𞤫 𞤂𞤫𞤻𞤮𞤤 𞤃𞤵𞤤𞤵𞤺𞤮𞤤), which means "the alphabet that protects the peoples from vanishing". It is one of many indigenous scripts developed for specific languages in West Africa.
Adlam is supported in Google's Android and Chrome operating systems. There are also Android apps to send SMS in Adlam and to learn the alphabet. On computers running Microsoft Windows, the Adlam script received native support beginning with Windows 10 version 1903, which was released in May 2019. On macOS, the Adlam script received support beginning with Ventura in 2022.