{"id":4565,"date":"2011-03-04T12:15:34","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T12:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/blog\/?p=4565"},"modified":"2011-03-04T12:15:34","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T12:15:34","slug":"avoiuli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=4565","title":{"rendered":"Avoiuli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/photos\/avoiuli.jpg\" width=\"175\" height=\"275\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin:0 0 15px 15px;\" alt=\"Example of the Avoiuli script\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Avoiuli is a writing system used on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu which was brought to my attention today &#8211; the image on the right shows an example of the script inscribed on a stone. <\/p>\n<p>Apparently Chief Viraleo Boborenvanua based the script on traditional sand drawings and spent 14 years developing it, and it is used for record keeping by the Tangbunia indigenous bank.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve put together <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/raga.htm\">a page about this script<\/a> and the language it&#8217;s used to write, Raga, but haven&#8217;t been able to find a chart showing the Avoiuli letters or any other illustrations of the script. <\/p>\n<p>Do any of you know anything more about this script, or where I can find more details?<\/p>\n<p>,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avoiuli is a writing system used on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu which was brought to my attention today &#8211; the image on the right shows an example of the script inscribed on a stone. Apparently Chief Viraleo Boborenvanua based the script on traditional sand drawings and spent 14 years developing it, and it is used [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-language","category-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4565\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}