▁adapt ▁it ▁to ▁other ▁languages ▁( W y rod ▁ 2 0 0 8 ). ▁The ▁N w agu ▁A ne ke ▁sy ll ab ary ▁invent ed ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁for ▁the ▁Ig bo ▁language ▁of ▁sout he astern ▁Niger ia ▁The ▁V ai ▁sy ll ab ary ▁invent ed ▁by ▁M ɔ m ɔ lu ▁Du wal u ▁B uk ɛ l ɛ ▁for ▁the ▁V ai ▁language ▁in ▁what ▁is ▁now ▁Liber ia ▁during ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁It ▁is ▁still ▁used ▁today . ▁Zag h awa ▁( B eria ) ▁of ▁Dar fur ▁and ▁Ch ad , ▁created ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁from ▁an ▁earlier ▁proposal ▁made ▁from ▁liv est ock ▁br ands . ▁ ▁Int rodu ced ▁and ▁adapted ▁writing ▁systems ▁ ▁Most ▁written ▁scripts , ▁including ▁Greek , ▁Heb rew , ▁and ▁Arab ic , ▁were ▁based ▁on ▁previous ▁written ▁scripts ▁and ▁the ▁origin ▁of ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁alphabet ▁is ▁ultimately ▁Egypt ian ▁Hier og lyph s , ▁through ▁Pro to - S ina it ic ▁or ▁Old ▁C ana an ite . ▁Many ▁other ▁ind igen ous ▁African ▁scripts ▁were ▁similarly ▁developed ▁from ▁previous ▁scripts . ▁ ▁Pho en ician / P unic ▁The ▁Pho en icians ▁from ▁what ▁is ▁now ▁Leb anon ▁trad ed ▁with ▁North ▁Afr icans ▁and ▁founded ▁cities ▁there , ▁the ▁most ▁famous ▁being ▁Car th age . ▁The ▁Pho en ician ▁alphabet ▁is ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁origin ▁of