Garay Digit One

𐵁 is the Garay digit for one, used in Garay numbers for Wolof. Garay runs right to left, but a multi-digit number keeps its higher-place digit on the left, which can look unexpected beside the words.

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What 𐵁 means

It marks the value one in a Garay number.

Garay is a writing system created in Senegal by Assane Faye for Wolof. It first appeared in print in January 1961. Faye used it in textbooks, folktales, maps, and a Qur’an with Wolof written between the lines.

Garay takes cues from Arabic and Latin: it is written right to left like Arabic, but its letters do not join. Faye designed it for African-language sounds and readers familiar with Arabic writing. As of 2026, Senegal’s official Wolof spelling uses Latin script; Wolofal, an Arabic-based way to write Wolof, is also used.

Why does a Garay number shift in mixed text?

The script direction and number order follow different rules.

Garay words run right to left, while digits in a number keep the higher-place digit on the left. So Garay 10 is written with one before zero even within a right-to-left line. Bidirectional-text support helps place the number correctly beside Latin or Arabic text.