What 𖡸 means
The catalogue records taam as a Bamum reading, not an English translation.
King Njoya developed the first Bamum system in 1896–97 as a picture-based memory aid; a surviving first-phase manuscript is dated 1897. Phase B, called Mbima (“mixed”), followed around 1899–1900 as he simplified the system. It ran left to right and was used by a small group at the royal court. Later revisions produced a syllabary, where signs represent syllables. Specialists study these older forms as part of Bamum language and history.
Who writes 𖡸
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𖡸 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 𖡸
- Search it as
- Bamum taam · Bamum Phase B · Mbima · Bamum script · historical Bamum
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𖡸\16878Codes and encoding1 code points
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