Harshen Bassa Vah

Bassa Vah (Bassa: ), also known as simply  ( ), meaning 'throwing a sign' in Bassa, is an alphabetic script for writing the Bassa language of Liberia. As an old system nearing extinction in the 1900s, it was rediscovered among Bassa in Brazil and the West Indies, then revived in Liberia, by . Type was cast for it, and an association for its promotion was formed in Liberia in 1959. It is not used today and has been classified as a failed script.

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An rubuta Vah daga hagu zuwa dama. Harshen haruffa ne na gaskiya, tare da haruffa 23, wasula 7, da kuma sautin sautin 5.

Ana wakiltar cikakken tsayawa / lokaci tare da ː. 

Ana furta harafin a matsayin /ɡ͡b/  lokacin da sautin baki ya biyo , misali ː

Ana furta harafin a matsayin /dj/  lokacin da sautin baki ya biyo Sanya, misali ː  (yaro). Koyaya, ana furta shi a matsayin /ɲ/  lokacin da sautin hanci ya biyo Sanya - ̊ < ኣፍli> (huɗu).

Ana furta harafin a matsayin /ɡ͡b/  lokacin da sautin baki ya biyo Sanya, misali ː  (don kulle). Koyaya, ana furta shi a matsayin /ŋ͡m/  lokacin da wasula ta hanci ta biyo Sanya - ː gmã (doka).

Ana furta harafin a matsayin /ɾ/ lokacin da aka rubuta shi bayan - - - - kuma ana furta shi a matsayin / / lokacin da aka buga shi bayan duk wani sashi - - - /fu / / / / (tsalle). Wannan wasika ba ta biye da wasula ta hanci nan da nan.     

Ana amfani da harafin da wuya.  wakiltar sauti /ɾ/,  shine allophone na /ɗ/, kuma yana bayyana ne kawai bayan /t/ ko /d/ a cikin 'ƙungiya' ta farko. Amma yawanci ana rubuta wannan da harafin Ō.  

Ana rubuta wasula na hanci tare da harafin ː (n) bayan wasula mai dacewa. 
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Vah yana amfani da alamomi guda biyar don nuna sautin wasula. Yana rarrabe sautuna biyar: sama, ƙasa, tsakiya, tsakiya-tsalle, da faɗuwa.
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Teburin haruffa  nuna tsari na haruffa na rubutun. Sautunan da ke  suna nuna tsari da suka bayyana a cikin haruffa. Ana ba da umarni ga wasali tare da sautuna kafin wasula ta gaba. Misali, ana bin wasula ta Sin da Sin sannan kuma ana ba da umarni ga wasula ta gaba.Everson, Michael; Riley, Charles (2010). "Final proposal for encoding the Bassa Vah script in the SMP of the UCS" (PDF).   

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