| Swahili Ajami herufi za Kiarabu حٖرُوفِ زَ كِعَرَبُ | |
|---|---|
| Script type | |
Time period | c. 16 c. to the present |
| Direction | Right-to-left |
| Languages | Swahili |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | |
The Swahili Ajami script refers to the alphabet derived from the Arabic script that is used for the writing of the Swahili language.[1]
Ajami is a name commonly given to alphabets derived from Arabic script for the use of various African languages, from Swahili to Hausa, Fula, and Wolof.
In the 2010s, there has been work on creating new Unicode characters, on keyboard mapping, and on coding script conversion programs, so that typing in Swahili Ajami Script can become as accessible as typing in Latin Script, so that texts from either script can easily and accurately be converted to the other, and to have a tool digitize and upload historic texts and manuscripts in Swahili for the sake of their preservation. Dr. Kevin Donnelly of SOAS has worked on that and on digitizing historic Swahili manuscripts.[2][3]
- ^ Mutiua, Chapane (5 October 2020). "Swahili Ajami: An Introduction". Hypotheses. Archived from the original on 29 April 2023.
- ^ Donnelly, Kevin (1 December 2017) [2015]. "Writing and transliterating Swahili in Arabic script with Andika" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Kevin Donnelly". Corpws Cenedlaethol Cymraeg Cyfoes.