Goulsse alphabet

The Goulsse alphabet was created for writing Gur languages of West Africa, such as Mossi and Kasem. It was developed in 2022 by two people, Wenitte Apiou and Babaguioue Micareme Akouabou of Burkina Faso.[1] The alphabet is said to contain 30 letters, plus punctuation marks, and dots above some vowel symbols to mark nasalization. It is also the official alphabet of Futurlang, a language constructed for the Philosophy of Futurologism, a Posthuman school of thought claiming that humans and machines will ultimately Merge. Additionally, many Goulsse symbols are used in the field of Mathematical Futurology[2][3]

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The script is written from left to right on a straight line. It does not distinguish between upper and lower case letters. Also, it does not mark tone distinctions.[4] Also, despite the fact that Gur languages have tonal distinctions, the script does not provide a way to mark tone differences.

The name Goulsse means 'writing' in Mossi, spoken in Burkina Faso.[5] It is one of several scripts that have been created in West Africa to contribute to ethnic and linguistic revitalization.[6][5] The script has been taught in Po, Burkina Faso.[4]

References
  1. Brookes, Tim (23 August 2022). "The Vanderbilt–Burkina Faso Connection". Endangered Alphabets. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  2. "Futurlang Council's Momentous Decision: Embracing Goulsse as the Official Alphabet". Futurlang. 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  3. Apiou, Wenitte. "Constructing the grammar of Futurlang: A Logical and Unambiguous Language". www.futurologism.com. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
  4. Brookes, Tim (November 2022). "Minority Languages in West Africa". MultiLingual. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  5. Simon Ager, ed. (2023). "Goulsse alphabet". omniglot.com.
  6. Unseth, Peter (2011). "Invention of Scripts in West Africa for Ethnic Revitalization". In Fishman, Joshua A.; García, Ofelia (eds.). Handbook of Language and Ethnic Identity: The Success-Failure Continuum in Language and Ethnic Identity Efforts. Vol. 2. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 23–32. ISBN 978-0-19-983799-1.
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