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  <dc:title>Chief Gbili</dc:title>
  <dc:creator>Registry of Type Design</dc:creator>
  <dc:subject>script inventor</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>Kpelle</dc:subject>
  <dc:description>Invented the Kpelle syllabary in the 1930s as a chief of Sanoyea in Bong County, Liberia.</dc:description>
  <dc:publisher>O Foundation</dc:publisher>
  <dc:date>2026-10-06</dc:date>
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  <dc:identifier>rtd-p-000166</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>https://rtd.theofdn.org/people/chief-gbili/</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>https://n2t.net/ark:54728/rtd-p-000166</dc:identifier>
  <dc:source>Kpelle language and syllabary: https://www.omniglot.com/writing/kpelle.htm</dc:source>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:coverage>Liberia</dc:coverage>
  <dc:rights>CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/</dc:rights>
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