List of Inventors of Writing Systems - K

K

• Karl Richard Lepsius - German linguist, developed Standard Alphabet by Lepsius c. 1855.
• Kisimi Kamala - Sierra Leonean, invented Mende syllabary, Ki-ka-ku, in 1921.
• Kūkai - Japanese monk, ascribed invention of Kana syllabary c. 806, according to tradition.