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Update latn-afr #3

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@moyogo moyogo commented Sep 5, 2022

remove mistaken characters:

  • nj (n, j) is used in orthographies instead of letter nj
  • ⱴ and ⱱ are phonetic symbols, not used in orthographies
  • 1978 African Reference Alphabet uses q̱ (q with macron below) not ꝗ

replace ɟ by ɉ used in Onyan in Guinea

  • ɟ is a phonetic symbol used in IPA, not used in African Latin orthographies
  • Ɉ, ɉ is used in Onyan in Guinea in the 1989 National Guinean Alphabet

move ɤ, ꞷ to vowels

  • ɤ is a vowel in Eastern Dan, with uppercase (in Unicode pipeline)
    It is also a vowel in IPA.
  • ꞷ is a vowel in Kulango.

add characters used in African orthographies

  • æ in General Alphabet for Cameroon Languages, used in Tikar
  • ɵ and ɥ are used in Dan in Liberia
  • ɯ used in Eastern Dan (Côte d'Ivoire)
  • ʘ used in Nǀuu (South Africa)
  • Ƃ sometimes used as uppercase of ɓ (although it should be at font
    level) in Dan, Kpele, Loma (Liberia)
  • β used in Gabon Scientific Alphabet
  • ŧ used in Balante, Hassaniya, Mancagne (Senegal)
  • ʝ used in Ik (Uganda)

modifier letters used in Teso (Uganda)

  • ᵃ, ᵉ, ᵋ, ⁱ, ᶤ, ᵒ, ᵓ, ᵘ, ᶶ used in Teso

combining marks used in African orthographies

  • inverted breve below used in Pokomo (Kenya)
  • combining low line used in Orthography of Gabon languages
  • double grave and double acute used in General Alphabet for Cameroon
    Languages, Gabonese Scientific Alphabet, or in Eastern Dan
    (Côte d'Ivoire)
  • vertical line in Ngbaka (DRC) or Gabonese Scientific Alphabet
  • combining breve used in Tamasheq (Mali)

- nj is used in orthographies instead of letter nj
- ⱴ and ⱱ are phonetic symbols, not used in orthographies
- 1978 African Reference Alphabet uses q̱ (q with macron below) not ꝗ
- ɟ is a phonetic symbol used in IPA, not used in African Latin orthographies

Ɉ, ɉ is used in Onyan in Guinea in the 1989 National Guinean Alphabet
- ɤ is a vowel in Eastern Dan, with uppercase (in Unicode pipeline)
  It is also a vowel in IPA.
- ꞷ is a vowel in Kulango.
- æ in General Alphabet for Cameroon Languages, used in Tikar
- ɵ and ɥ are used in Dan in Liberia
- ɯ used in Eastern Dan (Côte d'Ivoire)
- ʘ used in Nǀuu (South Africa)
- Ƃ sometimes used as uppercase of ɓ (although it should be at font
  level) in Dan, Kpele, Loma (Liberia)
- β used in Gabon Scientific Alphabet
- ŧ used in Balante, Hassaniya, Mancagne (Senegal)
- ʝ used in Ik (Uganda)
-inverted breve below used in Pokomo (Kenya)
- combining low line used in Orthography of Gabon languages
- double grave and double acute used in General Alphabet for Cameroon
  Languages, Gabonese Scientific Alphabet, or in Eastern Dan
  (Côte d'Ivoire)
- vertical line in Ngbaka (DRC) or Gabonese Scientific Alphabet
- combining breve used in Tamasheq (Mali)
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