Vai Language (vai)

Also Known As: Gallines,Vy,Gallinas,Vei,Vai,Vai language Description: Vai language, alternately called Vy or Gallinas, is a Mande language. The majority of its speakers, roughly 105 000, are in Liberia with smaller populations residing in Sierra Leone(). It is noteworthy for being one of the few sub-Saharan African languages to have a writing system that is not based on the Latin script. This Vai script is a syllabary invented by Mɔmɔlu Duwalu Bukɛlɛ around 1833, although dates as early as 1815 have been alleged. The Vai script was used to print the New Testament in the Vai language, dedicated in 2003. Vai is a tonal language and has 12 vowels and 31 consonants, which are tabulated below. [r] and [ʃ] occur only in recent loanwords...... full article at Wikipedia Location of Vai Language Speakers http://llmap.org/languages/vai/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png

Overview Main Country: Liberia Spoken In: Regions: Africa ISO 639-3 Code: vai Classification Taxonomy All Languages   Niger-Congo Group     Mande Group       Western Mande Group         Central-Southwestern Group           Central Central-Southwestern Group             Manding-Jogo Group               Manding-Vai Group                 Vai-Kono Group                   Vai Language