Bamum Letter Phase-E Nggeuae

It belongs to an earlier form of Bamum writing.

Phase E is one step in the script’s history; Phase G is the modern form. The labels distinguish versions of one writing system, not different languages. For a historical text, use a transcription for its phase instead of guessing a sound from NGGEUAE.

How did Bamum writing change?

It was developed to write the Bamum language of western Cameroon.

King Ibrahim Njoya’s early plan used logograms—signs for objects and actions—as a memory aid, not a direct record of speech. Later revisions led to the A-ka-u-ku syllabary, whose signs represent spoken syllables.