Vai

📍 Grand Cape Mount County👥 140,251 speakers

About the Vai people

The Vai people are internationally recognized for independently developing one of the few indigenous African writing systems, the Vai syllabary, in the 19th century.

Cultural note

The Vai syllabary, created around 1833, is one of only a handful of fully functional writing systems ever independently invented in human history.

Vai Words & Phrases

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This language section is being built. Native Vai speakers are invited to submit words and phrases to help build this archive.

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