Tumbuka orthography
| Tumbuka orthography Tumbuka writing system | |
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A Mwangwego script for writing Tumbuka language | |
| Script type | Alphabet
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| Creator | Missionaries and colonial administrators, Nolence Mwangwego |
Period | 19th century–present |
| Direction | LR |
| Official script | Mwangwego script |
| Languages | Chitumbuka |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Latin script
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| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Latn (215), Latin |
| Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Latin |
| Chitumbuka |
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| This article is part of a series on the |
| History of the Tumbuka people |
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The Tumbuka orthography is the standardized writing system used for the Tumbuka language, spoken in Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania. It uses a modified Latin script adapted to represent Tumbuka phonology and Mwangwego script as its native writing system developed by Nolence Mwangwego.