Adinkra Alphabet

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  • You I it

    AdinkraEnglishFrench
    woCYouToi
    mECIje
    enoCItil

  • Come Go Take

    AdinkraLatinEnglish
    braBraCome
    kcKoGo
    faFaTake

  • Marcus Mosiah Garvey

    Adinkra“ema woC wECre firi se Nansa na ye dEC di wiasEC soC, cQasECa fa wiasEC soC chaw. Enti twEC woC hoC fi nQasECasem hoC na twEC ben Nansa.” – marCus garvEy
    Akan (Twi)“Wma wo were firi se nyansa na ye de di wiase so, okwasea fa wiase so ohaw. Enti twe wo ho fi nkwaseasem ho na twe ben nyansa.” – Marcus Garvey
    English“Never forget that intelligence rules the world and ignorance carries the burden. Therefore, remove yourself as far as possible from ignorance and seek as far as possible to be intelligent.” – Marcus Garvey

  • Daddy Lumba

    Adinkra“yenEC woC sECrEC qa oo…
    yennc woC” – daddy lumba
    Akan (Twi)“Yene wo sere kwa oo…
    Yenno wo” – Daddy Lumba

  • Nantuo

    Adinkra
    nantuo kcsECnEC sECre a na yadECe wcmu.
    Akan
    Nantuo kosene sere a na yadee womu.
    English
    If the calves grow bigger than the thigh, then there is some disease in them.

  • Advance Tongue Root (ATR) in Akan (Twi) Vowels

    Akan (Twi) Alphabet has ten (10) vowels. All the ten vowels in Akan (Twi) are represented in Adinkra Alphabet compare to the Latin orthography in which only 7 vowels are represented. There are two subset of vowels in Akan known as +ATR and -ATR. Each subset of vowels contain 5 vowels in Adinkra Alphabet. The phenomenon in which vowels in each subset of 5 occurs together or changes the preceding vowel to a vowel within each subset is known as vowel harmony.

  • X in Adinkra Alphabet

    Adinkra Alphabet character X/x is an array marker.

  • Primitive Data Types in Javascript

    The three main primitive data types in JavaScript are Numbers, Strings and Booleans.

  • Calabash

    Adinkra
    yebesi woC soC a anka yeSee woC ma.
    Akan
    Yebesi wo so a anka yehyee wo ma.
    English
    If they had intended to serve you a second time you would have got a calabashful the first time.

  • Ama Ata Aidoo

    AdinkratimE by itsElf mEans nothing, no mattEr how fast it movEs, unlEss wE givE it somEthing to Carry for us; somEthing wE valuE. bECausE it is suCh a prEcious vEhiClE, is timE.”- ama ata aidoo.
    English“Time by itself means nothing, no mater how fast it moves, unless we give it something to carry for us; something we value. Because it is such a precious vehicle, is time.” – Ama Ata Aidoo