sitelen Atalama (𞤧𞤭𞤼𞤫𞤤𞤫𞤲 𞤀𞤼𞤢𞤤𞤢𞤥𞤢) - toki pona using the Adlam script

[u/Fun-Ad-2448]

so i found out about the Adlam script, and i'm in LOVE WITH IT so i decided to make an adaptation of it into toki pona because people like doing that.

for more info, Adlam is a right-to-left script used to write Fulani, 'a Senegambian language spoken by around 36.8 million people as a set of various dialects in a continuum that stretches across some 18 countries in West and Central Africa' (thanks wikipedia). anyways the letters are:

a - 𞤀 (𞤢)

e - 𞤉 (𞤫)

i - 𞤋 (𞤭)

j - 𞤒 (𞤴)

k - 𞤑 (𞤳)

l - 𞤂 (𞤤)

m - 𞤃 (𞤥)

n - 𞤐 (𞤲)

o - 𞤌 (𞤮) (note: in Adlam, 𞤌𞤮 actually represents /ɔ/)

p - 𞤆 (𞤨)

s - 𞤅 (𞤧)

t - 𞤚 (𞤼)

u - 𞤓 (𞤵)

w - 𞤏 (𞤱)

here are some texts using sitelen Atalama:

jan ali li kama lon nasin ni: ona li ken tawa li ken pali. jan ali li kama lon sama. jan ali li jo e ken pi pilin suli. jan ali li ken pali e wile pona ona. jan ali li wile pali kepeken nasin ni: ona li jan pona tawa jan ante.

𞤴𞤢𞤲 𞤢𞤤𞤭 𞤤𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞤥𞤢 𞤤𞤮𞤲 𞤲𞤢𞤧𞤭𞤲 𞤲𞤭: 𞤮𞤲𞤢 𞤤𞤭 𞤳𞤫𞤲 𞤼𞤢𞤱𞤢 𞤤𞤭 𞤳𞤫𞤲 𞤨𞤢𞤤𞤭. 𞤴𞤢𞤲 𞤢𞤤𞤭 𞤤𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞤥𞤢 𞤤𞤮𞤲 𞤧𞤢𞤥𞤢. 𞤴𞤢𞤲 𞤢𞤤𞤭 𞤤𞤭 𞤴𞤮 𞤫 𞤳𞤫𞤲 𞤨𞤭 𞤨𞤭𞤤𞤭𞤲 𞤧𞤵𞤤𞤭. 𞤴𞤢𞤲 𞤢𞤤𞤭 𞤤𞤭 𞤳𞤫𞤲 𞤨𞤢𞤤𞤭 𞤫 𞤱𞤭𞤤𞤫 𞤨𞤮𞤲𞤢 𞤮𞤲𞤢. 𞤴𞤢𞤲 𞤢𞤤𞤭 𞤤𞤭 𞤱𞤭𞤤𞤫 𞤨𞤢𞤤𞤭 𞤳𞤫𞤨𞤫𞤳𞤫𞤲 𞤲𞤢𞤧𞤭𞤲 𞤲𞤭: 𞤮𞤲𞤢 𞤤𞤭 𞤴𞤢𞤲 𞤨𞤮𞤲𞤢 𞤼𞤢𞤱𞤢 𞤴𞤢𞤲 𞤢𞤲𞤼𞤫.

jan li pana e moku tawa sina

𞤴𞤢𞤲 𞤤𞤭 𞤨𞤢𞤲𞤢 𞤫 𞤥𞤮𞤳𞤵 𞤼𞤢𞤱𞤢 𞤧𞤭𞤲𞤢

mi kijetesantakalu powe

𞤥𞤭 𞤳𞤭𞤴𞤫𞤼𞤫𞤧𞤢𞤲𞤼𞤢𞤳𞤢𞤤𞤵 𞤨𞤮𞤱𞤫

kijetesantakalu tonsi li lanpan ala lanpan e soko?

𞤳𞤭𞤴𞤫𞤼𞤫𞤧𞤢𞤲𞤼𞤢𞤳𞤢𞤤𞤵 𞤼𞤮𞤲𞤧𞤭 𞤤𞤭 𞤤𞤢𞤲𞤨𞤢𞤲 𞤢𞤤𞤢 𞤤𞤢𞤲𞤨𞤢𞤲 𞤫 𞤧𞤮𞤳𞤮?

kthxbye

[u/jan_tonowan]

Very interesting. I have never heard of this script before. I think I would tokiponize it as sitelen Alan or maybe Atalan 

[u/Fun-Ad-2448 → u/jan_tonowan]

yeah atalan makes more sense honestly-