Sample Text
ꕙꔤ
Sample Characters
ꔀ
ꔁ
ꔂ
ꔃ
ꔄ
ꔅ
ꔆ
ꔇ
ꔈ
ꔉ
ꔊ
ꔋ
ꔌ
ꔍ
ꔎ
ꔏ
ꔐ
ꔑ
ꔒ
ꔓ
ꔔ
ꔕ
ꔖ
ꔗ
ꔘ
ꔙ
ꔚ
ꔛ
ꔜ
ꔝ
ꔞ
ꔟ
ꔠ
ꔡ
ꔢ
ꔣ
ꔤ
ꔥ
ꔦ
ꔧ
ꔨ
ꔩ
ꔪ
ꔫ
ꔬ
ꔭ
ꔮ
ꔯ
First 48 characters from Vai (U+A500–U+A62B)
About Vai
Vai is a Living writing system from the African region. It reads Left-to-right and contains 300 characters in the Unicode standard. 1 language uses Vai as a writing system according to Unicode CLDR data. It is registered in the ISO 15924 standard under the code Vaii.
Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.
Languages Using Vai 1
Frequently Asked Questions
What type of writing system is Vai?
Vai is a Syllabary. Syllabaries assign one symbol per syllable rather than per sound.
What direction does Vai read?
Vai is written Left-to-right, the same direction as most European scripts.
How many languages use the Vai script?
1 language use Vai according to Unicode CLDR data.
When was the Vai script created?
The exact origin of the Vai script is not precisely documented.
Compare Vai With Another Script
Direction, characters, languages — side by side.
Key Facts
- ISO Code
- Vaii
- ISO Number
- 470
- Script Type
- Syllabary
- Direction
- Left-to-right
- Status
- Living
- Region
- African
- Characters
- 300
- Languages
- 1
Unicode Ranges
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VaiU+A500–U+A62B