DescriptionAfrican reference alphabet from 1982 according to Mann and Dalby 1987 (2).png
English: Table of the African reference alphabet, revised version 1982, according to: Mann, Michael, and David Dalby. 1987. A thesaurus of African languages: A classified and annotated inventory of the spoken languages of Africa with an appendix on their written representation. London: Hans Zell Publishers. ISBN0-905450-24-8, page 207 Based on a scan table 4 from there, the excessive whitespace between the table columns was reduced.
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African reference alphabet from 1982 according to Mann and Dalby 1987