 In the case of Hausa in Northern Nigeria, for instance, the colonial government was directly involved in determining the written forms for the language.Since the colonial period, there have been efforts to propose and promulgate standardized or at least harmonized approaches to using the Latin script for African languages.Examples include the Standard Alphabet by Lepsius (mid-19th century) and the Africa Alphabet of the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures (1928, 1930).