Specimens of Vai Writing 



ma 



near 



m 



by 



na 



clothes 



la 



a) na 



wash 



mu 



there 



naa 



I see 



fa li 



crocodile 



fe le 



Behold ! 



//= 



s= C 



he 



la 



mu su 



woman 



ye bi 



catching 



and 



he 



be 



\S 





</' 



a o) 



eating 



h na 



her 



[I went to the big river near at hand, to wash clothes, and behold ! there was a big crocodile 

 in the act of catching a woman and eating her !] 



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