Bassa Vah is a
Unicode block
A Unicode block is one of several contiguous ranges of numeric character codes (code points) of the Unicode character set that are defined by the Unicode Consortium for administrative and documentation purposes. Typically, proposals such as the ad ...
containing characters historically used for writing the
Bassa language
The Bassa language is a Kru language spoken by about 600,000 Bassa (Liberia), Bassa people in Liberia, Ivory Coast, and Sierra Leone.
Phonology
Consonants
* /ʄ/ can be heard as a glide intervocalically within compound words.
* /ɡ͡b/ ...
of
Liberia
Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...
and
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...
.
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Bassa Vah block:
References
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Unicode blocks
Bassa language