Why West Africa keeps inventing writing systems

These dozens of modern African scripts are adding a brand new chapter to the history of writing! Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NativLang Become my patron: https://www.patreon.com/NativLang ~ Briefly ~ Meet Adlam, N'ko, Vai and over twenty more scripts that capture West African linguistic features and give new visual representation to native West African tongues. Topics covered: - backstories of Adlam and N'ko - list of many other scripts - examples of African scripts beyond West Africa - prenasalized stops like ᵐb - labiovelars like g͡b - vowel length in Fula - length and tone in N'ko - nasalization as an areal feature - older visual codes like N'sibidi and Adinkra - sociolinguistics of script creation See the sources doc below for much more information. ~ Credits ~ Art, narration, animation and four pieces of music by Josh from NativLang Sources for claims made, plus credits for music, fonts, sfx: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v4oGwztBdP9-K3CLJuF6fr9zCL33ZyNF0UOjorL_dsY/ ~ Music ~ Please see my doc above for full credits. Public domain credits: Teko, song of nostalgia, traditional music of Burkina Faso, Tuasgo & Gouama accompanied by Kondé: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k10801793/f1.media Creative Commons credits: Monkoto by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4072-monkoto License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Thinking Music by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4522-thinking-music License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Kumasi Groove by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3958-kumasi-groove License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Silver Flame by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4362-silver-flame License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Infados by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3914-infados License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license