Bamum script
| Bamum | |
|---|---|
A book in the sixth Bamum script, c. 1910. | |
| Script type | |
Period | c. 1896, moribund c. 1931, revived c. 2007 |
| Direction | Left-to-right |
| Languages | Bamum |
| Related scripts | |
Child systems | Bagam? |
| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Bamu (435), Bamum |
| Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Bamum |
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The Bamum scripts are an evolutionary series of six scripts created for the Bamum language by Ibrahim Njoya, King of Bamum (now western Cameroon). They are notable for evolving from a pictographic system to a semi-syllabary in the space of fourteen years, from 1896 to 1910. Bamum type was cast in 1918, but the script fell into disuse around 1931. A project began around 2007 to revive the Bamum script.
The Bamum script is also used to write the Shümom language, also invented by Njoya.