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Do People In Igboland Still Use Nsibidi? by CyrusTheGreat: 10:50pm On May 07, 2017
The question is within the title. I found out about this writing system used in Southeast Nigeria that uses pictographic/logographic characters like Chinese or Egyptian Hieroglyphs. Needless to say, it sounds really intriguing! I was wondering if anyone uses it in writing, or if it's just for decoration?
Re: Do People In Igboland Still Use Nsibidi? by CyrusTheGreat: 11:11pm On May 07, 2017
Wow, I did some googling and came across this amazing Nsibidi dictionary, so I guess it must have some presence(?). These characters look so unique.

http://nsibiri..com.au/p/main-files.html

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Re: Do People In Igboland Still Use Nsibidi? by bot101(m): 12:02am On May 08, 2017
CyrusTheGreat:
Wow, I did some googling and came across this amazing Nsibidi dictionary, so I guess it must have some presence(?). These characters look so unique.

http://nsibiri..com.au/p/main-files.html

A very worthy project

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Re: Do People In Igboland Still Use Nsibidi? by Afobear: 6:17am On May 08, 2017
no sir ,its all dead and gone ...even the ibibios and annangs dont use it any more
Re: Do People In Igboland Still Use Nsibidi? by bot101(m): 7:07am On May 08, 2017
Afobear:
no sir ,its all dead and gone ...even the ibibios and annangs dont use it any more

Dead maybe, not gone. And it can be resuscitated.

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