Scripts

Documents in the ASK-DL library represent diverse scripts

The ASK-DL document collection comprises diverse scripts including Ge’ez (Amharic, Tigrinya, Oromo), N’Ko (Mandinka), Osmanya (Somali), Tifinagh (Berber) and other non-latinate and non- ajami scripts (e.g. Swahili documents written in Hindi script). These scripts are found in unpublished booklets, poetry, essays, treatises, travelogues, private letters, and other documents.