Bété syllabary

Bété syllabary
Script type
Period
1950s-present
DirectionLeft-to-right
LanguagesBété

The Bété syllabary was created for the Bété language of Côte d'Ivoire (in West Africa) in the 1950s by artist Frédéric Bruly Bouabré.

It consists of about 440 pictographic characters, which represent scenes from life and stand for syllables in Bété. Bouabré created it to help Bété people learn to read in their language.

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