--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Don Osborn" <dzo@...> wrote:

>
> Does anyone have any info on the story behind the upper case hooked B,
> D, K, and Y consonants (Ɓ, Ɗ, Ƙ, and Ƴ)?
>
> At the time of publication of the Africa Alphabet (2nd ed., 1930), a
> Cyrillic-like Ƃ was used. When was the current uppercase form
> developed and linked to the lowercase form?
>
> TIA for any info. Don
>
>
> Ref:
> http://www.bisharat.net/Documents/poal30.htm (Zulu sample text)
> Thanks to Denis Moyogo Jacquerye for raising a question re the form
> used in this document.
>
> See also:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:%C6%81
>

WOW! Thanks alot for the links! I never knew any of those. Although I
knew that some of letters were used in African languages. But I didn't
know that much about them. Thanks alot!