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Bamum script
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<p>The Bamum scripts are an evolutionary series of six scripts created for the <a href="/facts/Bamum_language/RyIGyqKl">Bamum language</a> by <a href="/facts/Ibrahim_Njoya/9o7mKjCP">Ibrahim Njoya</a>, <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Bamum/G0VyoXHS">King of Bamum</a> (now western <a href="/facts/Cameroon/QnrdY05C">Cameroon</a>). They are notable for evolving from a <a href="/facts/Pictographic/6HmoV1u6">pictographic</a> system to a <a href="/facts/Semi-syllabary/LdHFRxdP">semi-syllabary</a> 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. </p><p>The Bamum script is also used to write the <a href="/facts/Sh%C3%BCmom_language/jKPcfu19">Shümom language</a>, also invented by Njoya. </p>