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Nsibidi (also
known as nsibiri,
nchibiddi or nchibiddy) is a
system of
symbols or proto-writing
developed by the Ekpe
secret society that
traversed the...
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There are
thousands of
Nsibidi symbols which were used on
anything from
calabashes to
tattoos and to wall designs.
Nsibidi is used for the
Ekoid and...
- Nigeria. The Ekoi are best
known for
their Ekpe
headdresses and the
Nsibidi text.
Nsibidi ideograms, the Ekoi, like
other peoples from the old
Cross River...
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invented Nsibidi ideograms,
which spread to
their neighbors such as Ekoi people, and
Ejegham people for
basic written communication.
Nsibidi is an ancient...
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regions of Nigeria. The
Ekajuk are one of
several peoples who use the
nsibidi ideographs.
Ekajuk at
Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)...
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syllable signs for Geʽez, Amharic, and Tigrinya,
punctuation and numerals.
Nsibidi (also
known as "nsibiri", "nchibiddi", and "nchibiddy") is a
system of...
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origins include the
cosmogram of the
Kongo people, or
originated as the
Nsibidi system of
writing for the
Igboid and
Ekoid languages from West and Central...
- well as the
Nsibidi formalized ideograms,
which is used by the Ekpe
society and
Okonko fraternity but is no
longer widely used.
Nsibidi ideography existed...
- alternate, more
egalitarian version of the
Leopard Society appears in the "
Nsibidi Script"
series by
Nnedi Okorafor.
Robert E.
Howard also
mentions them in...
- the
entire dialect cluster. In pre-colonial times, it was
written with
Nsibidi ideograms,
similar to Igbo, Efik, Anaang, and Ejagham.
Ibibio has also...
