What ꗑ means
In standard Vai writing, ꗑ represents the syllable “do.”
The earliest known surviving Vai manuscript is a page by Fan Dawo Kelondo dated 1834. The script took shape around 1833 through Bukele and associates, and its forms changed before later standardization.
The Vai script was created for correspondence, ledgers, family histories, maxims, and records. It later influenced Mende, Loma, and Kpelle syllabaries; a proposed link to Cherokee remains debated, and resemblance alone does not prove influence.
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Who writes ꗑ
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsRead as the syllable “do.”
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does ꗑ 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 ꗑ
- Search it as
- Vai do · Vai character · Vai script · Vai keyboard · Vai missing glyph
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
ꗑ\A5D1Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.