Ditema tsa Dinoko (Ditema syllabary) Ditema (Ditema tsa Dinoko / Isibheqe Sohlamvu)

Ditema is a featural syllabic script developed in the 2010s to write southern Bantu languages such as Sesotho, Tswana, Zulu, Xhosa and Swati. It was inspired by the traditional litema art style.

Isibheqe Sohlamvu (Isibheqe syllabary)This script is known as Ditema tsa Dinoko (Ditema syllabary) in Sesotho, or Isibheqe Sohlamvu in Zulu. It has other names in other languages.

Notable features

Ditema / Isibheqe syllabary

Ditema / Isibheqe syllabary

Sample texts

Sample texts in the Ditema syllabary

Links

Information about the Ditema / Isibheqe syllabary
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ditema_tsa_Dinoko
https://thelanguagecloset.com/2017/08/22/writing-in-africa-a-korean-like-script/
https://www.endangeredalphabets.net/alphabets/ditema-tsa-dinoko/
https://isibheqe.org.za/

Information about Litema art
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litema

Abugidas / Syllabic alphabets

Ahom, Aima, Arleng, Badagu, Badlit, Basahan, Balinese, Balti-A, Balti-B, Batak, Baybayin, Bengali, Bhaiksuki, Bhujimol, Bilang-bilang, Bima, Blackfoot, Brahmi, Buhid, Burmese, Carrier, Chakma, Cham, Cree, Dehong Dai, Devanagari, Dham Lipi, Dhankari / Sirmauri, Ditema, Dives Akuru, Dogra, Ethiopic, Evēla Akuru, Fox, Fraser, Gond, Goykanadi, Grantha, Gujarati, Gunjala Gondi, Gupta, Gurmukhi, Halbi Lipi, Hanifi, Hanuno'o, Hočąk, Ibalnan, Incung, Inuktitut, Jaunsari Takri, Javanese, Kaithi, Kadamba, Kamarupi, Kannada, Kawi, Kharosthi, Khema, Khe Prih, Khmer, Khojki, Khom Thai, Khudabadi, Kirat Rai, Kōchi, Kodava Lipi, Komering, Kulitan, Kurukh Banna, Lai Tay (Tai Yo), Lampung, Lanna, Lao, Leke, Lepcha, Limbu, Lontara/Makasar, Lota Ende, Magar Akkha, Mahajani, Malayalam, Meitei (Modern), Manpuri (Old), Marchen, Meetei Yelhou Mayek, Meroïtic, Masarm Gondi, Modi, Mon, Mongolian Horizontal Square Script, Multani, Nandinagari, Newa, New Tai Lue, Ojibwe, Odia, Ogan, Pahawh Hmong, Pallava, Phags-pa, Purva Licchavi, Qiang / Rma, Ranjana, Rejang (Kaganga), Sasak, Savara, Satera Jontal, Shan, Sharda, Sheek Bakrii Saphaloo, Siddham, Sinhala, Sorang Sompeng, Sourashtra, Soyombo, Sukhothai, Sundanese, Syloti Nagri, Tagbanwa, Tai Noi, Takri, Tamil, Tanchangya (Ka-Pat), Tani, Thaana, Telugu, Thai, Thirke, Tibetan, Tigalari, Tikamuli, Tocharian, Tolong Siki, Vatteluttu, Warang Citi

Other writing systems

Page last modified: 04.11.24

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