Loma syllabary Loma

The Loma syllabary was invented during the 1930s by Wido Zobo of Boneketa, Liberia. It was used among the Loma people, mainly for personal correspondence, during the 1930s and 1940s but is no longer used having been replaced by the Latin alphabet.

Loma is a Niger-Congo language spoken by approximately 141,800 people in Loffa County in the northwest of Liberia.

Notable features

Loma syllabary

Loma syllabary
Loma syllabary

The Loma font used on this page was created by Jason Glavy

Syllabaries

Bamum, Blackfoot, Caroline Island Script, Carrier, Celtiberian, Cherokee, Cree, Cypriot, Eskayan, Hiragana, Iberian, Inuktitut, Katakana, Kpelle, Loma, Mende, Mwangwego, Ndjuká, Nüshu, Ojibwe, Vai, Yi

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