Bamum Letter Phase-E Ghet

It is a historical Bamum sign whose reading depends on its document.

The label “Ghet” identifies this encoded sign, but it does not give a standalone translation. Read it within a Phase-E document and alongside the surrounding Bamum text.

Is 𖦺 a modern Bamum letter?

No; it belongs to an older stage of Bamum writing.

Bamum writing began in western Cameroon around 1896–1897. Its first form, Lerewa, used picture-like signs for objects and actions to write the Bamum language and serve as a memory aid. Later revisions carried the script into administration, education, history, and court records.

Phase E, the fifth revision, was reached around 1907–1908. The writing shifted from signs for whole objects or actions toward a syllabary, where each sign represents a spoken syllable. Phase-E forms are historical material for specialist study; standard modern Bamum uses a later orthography.

Why does 𖦺 show as a box?

Your font may not include this character’s glyph. A font with Bamum Supplement coverage can draw it; one without that coverage may show a replacement square. The encoded character remains the same even when its glyph is missing.