In search for the Ideal Literary Language

In an ideal world, structure (writing system) should model function (spoken language). Unfortunately, of all the scripts listed above only the Wolof Garay alphabets leverage consonant mutations at its most rudimentary phase. In this case, the prenasalized consonants are derivatives of the non-nasalized consonants. ADLaM, on the other hand has no prenasals, and like Latin, relies on the addition of "m" or "n" to another letter to indicate nasality -- a concept that makes it hard to tell whether an "m" or "n" is a stand alone letter or depicting prenasalization.

In response to the lack of a writing system that honors the ubiquitous rules of consonant mutation, a comprehensive Senegambian "Mutograph" was created. The goals of the writing system is

1. to lower the barriers to acquiring Senegambian languages and
2. to increase mutual intelligibility among disparate dialects and sister-languages.

I believe that by highlighting what makes the constituent languages and dialects similar yet different from one another -- which are almost entirely based on consonant mutation -- I can increase symmetric intelligibility for nearly 40 million (or over 10 percent) of the population of West Africa.

The Mutation Web

The concept of the design. # with top and bottom "jicco", monosyllabic for each letter. 

Devoicing, forward placement, reverse placement, fortition, prenasalization. By knowing this formula and memorizing the structure of the four basic letter one can intuitively learn any Senegambian Language,

Language and mutation system (reproduced from Merrill)

Show head-to-head comparison of ll scripts. Paste notes of chapter 2 from Mutually Intelligible.

Insert Latin & Senegambian only script side by side.