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  "bio": "Devised the ADLaM alphabet for Fulani with his brother Abdoulaye Barry around 1990, when he was 14. The script is now widely used in Fulani communities.",
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      "title": "ADLaM alphabet"
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      "url": "https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode17.0.0/core-spec/chapter-19/",
      "title": "The Unicode Standard, Version 17.0, Chapter 19"
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