Garay alphabet

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Garay
Garay (Système d'écriture).jpg
Script type
alphabet
CreatorAssane Faye
Created1961
DirectionRight to left
LanguagesWolof
 This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

The Garay alphabet was designed in 1961, as a transcription system "[marrying] African sociolinguistic characteristics" according to its inventor, Assane Faye. This alphabet has 25 consonants and 14 vowels.[1] It is used in particular for the writing of the Wolof language, spoken mostly in Senegal, although it is more often written in the Latin alphabet. It is written from right to left, and distinguishes letter case.

A proposal to encode Garay in Unicode was submitted in 2012.

Letters[]

Consonants[]

The consonants are written as standalone letters and are not joined as in Arabic.

There is a mark above some letters to show pre-nasalization. The letter labeled alif is used like its counterpart in Arabic, coming before an initial vowel. Extra to the standard Wolof set is /ħ/, available for Arabic loan words. Lacking is /q/, but /k/ may suffice for that. Also lacking is /nk/, but that may easily be formed with a mark above, like /mb/ etc.[2]

In Garay, uppercase letters are distinguished from lowercase letters by a swash added to one side or the other of the letter. Each sentence begins with a capital letter. Personal names are likewise capitalized.[3]

Nasals
IPA m ⟨m⟩ n ⟨n⟩ ɲ ⟨ñ⟩ ŋ ⟨ŋ⟩
Lowercase Garay M lowercase.png Garay N lowercase.png Garay Ñ lowercase.png Garay Ŋ lowercase.png
Uppercase Garay M uppercase.png Garay N uppercase.png Garay Ñ uppercase.png Garay Ŋ uppercase.png
Prenasalized plosives
IPA mb ⟨mb⟩ nd ⟨nd⟩ ɲɟ ⟨nj⟩ ŋɡ ⟨ng⟩
Lowercase Garay MB lowercase.png Garay ND lowercase.png Garay NJ lowercase.png Garay NG lowercase.png
Uppercase Garay MB uppercase.png Garay ND uppercase.png Garay NJ uppercase.png Garay NG uppercase.png
Voiced plosives
IPA b ⟨b⟩ d ⟨d⟩ ɟ ⟨j⟩ ɡ ⟨g⟩
Lowercase Garay B lowercase.png Garay D lowercase.png Garay J lowercase.png Garay G lowercase.png
Uppercase Garay B uppercase.png Garay D uppercase.png Garay J uppercase.png Garay G uppercase.png
Voiceless plosives
IPA p ⟨p⟩ t ⟨t⟩ c ⟨c⟩ k ⟨k⟩
Lowercase Garay P lowercase.png Garay T lowercase.png Garay C lowercase.png Garay K lowercase.png
Uppercase Garay P uppercase.png Garay T uppercase.png Garay C uppercase.png Garay K uppercase.png
Fricatives
IPA f ⟨f⟩ s ⟨s⟩ x~χ ⟨x⟩ ħ ⟨h⟩
Lowercase Garay F lowercase.png Garay S lowercase.png Garay X lowercase.png Garay H lowercase.png
Uppercase Garay F uppercase.png Garay S uppercase.png Garay X uppercase.png Garay H uppercase.png
Liquids and semivowels
IPA r ⟨r⟩ w ⟨w⟩ l ⟨l⟩ j ⟨y⟩
Lowercase Garay R lowercase.png Garay W lowercase.png Garay L lowercase.png Garay Y lowercase.png
Uppercase Garay R uppercase.png Garay W uppercase.png Garay L uppercase.png Garay Y uppercase.png
Misc.
Alif
Lowercase Garay alif lowercase.png
Uppercase Garay alif uppercase.png

Vowels[]

a ⟨a⟩ i ⟨i⟩ ɛ ⟨e⟩ ɔ ⟨o⟩
Garay A.png Garay I.png Garay E.png Garay O.png
ə ⟨ë⟩ ü e ⟨é⟩ u ⟨u⟩
Garay Schwa.png Garay Ü.png Garay É.png Garay U.png

Numbers[]

Garay numbers.png

References[]

  1. ^ The Garay alphabet can contribute to the rebirth of Africa, according to its inventor , Birane Hady Cissé, on fr.allafrica.com (April 21, 2009, accessed November 7, 2018).
  2. ^ Garay script for Wolof, Ian James, March 2012
  3. ^ Garay Alphabet: a Wolof Script, 6 May 2019

Bibliography[]

  • Everson, Michael (April 26, 2012). Preliminary proposal for encoding the Garay script in the SMP of the UCS (PDF).
  • Pandey, Anshuman (May 9, 2011). Introducing the Wolof Alphabet of Assane Faye (PDF).

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