id: "Mend"
name: "Mende"
family: "African"
summary: "Mende (Mende Kikakui) is an African abugida, written right-to-left. Used in Sierra Leone for the Mende language (2 million speakers). Created by Mohammed Turay. Was widely used in the early 20th century, later largely replaced by the Latin script. Needs software support for complex text layout (shaping)."
