man ya ▁script ▁is ▁today ▁available ▁in ▁the ▁Unicode ▁range ▁ 1 0 4 8 0 - 1 0 4 AF ▁[ from ▁U + 1 0 4 8 0 ▁- ▁U + 1 0 4 AF ▁( 6 6 6 8 8 – 6 6 7 3 5 ) ]. ▁ ▁Eth iop ia : ▁ ▁An ▁al ph asy ll ab ic ▁script ▁for ▁O rom o ▁was ▁invent ed ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁by ▁She ikh ▁Bak ri ▁S ap alo ▁( 1 8 9 5 - 1 9 8 0 ), ▁and ▁saw ▁limited ▁use . ▁ ▁Southern ▁Africa ▁ ▁In ▁Southern ▁Africa , ▁the ▁M w ang w ego ▁alphabet ▁is ▁used ▁to ▁write ▁Mal aw ian ▁languages . ▁ ▁I si B he q e ▁So H lam vu ▁( B he q e ▁Sy ll ab ary ), ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁D item a ▁t sa ▁Din oko , ▁is ▁a ▁fe atural ▁sy ll ab ary ▁used ▁to ▁write ▁Southern ▁B ant u ▁languages . ▁The ▁M andom be ▁script ▁was ▁invent ed ▁by ▁W abel ad io ▁Pay i ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁in ▁the ▁Democratic ▁Republic ▁of ▁the ▁Congo . ▁It ▁is ▁apparently ▁promoted ▁by ▁the ▁Kim b angu ist ▁Church ▁and ▁used ▁for ▁writing ▁K ik ongo , ▁L ing ala , ▁T sh il uba , ▁Sw ah ili , ▁and ▁other ▁languages . ▁ ▁West ▁and ▁Central ▁Africa ▁There ▁are ▁various ▁other ▁writing