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Kpelle Alphabet (Latin)

The letters and characters of Kpelle written in the Latin script, in order — every standard character with its name and codepoint, the additional and punctuation sets, and exactly how many fonts include them. About 1,618,926 people read or write it across 2 countries.

384Fonts cover the standard set
29Standard characters
1,618,926People
2Countries

Standard characters

The minimal set of characters required for Kpelle — the language's alphabet, in its traditional order. Tap a character to copy it; each name opens the full character page. The Fonts column counts how many fonts include each letter, in the same order as the letters and codepoints; an accented form under a letter gets its own codepoint and count line beneath it.

LetterNameCodepointsFontsper letter, in order
Aa A U+0041 · U+0061 136,064 / 135,110
Bb B U+0042 · U+0062 135,982 / 135,083
Ɓɓ B With Hook U+0181 · U+0253 535 / 532
Dd D U+0044 · U+0064 136,007 / 135,110
Ee E U+0045 · U+0065 136,045 / 135,092
Əə Schwa U+018F · U+0259 2,183 / 2,383
Ɛɛ Open E U+0190 · U+025B 966 / 913
Ff F U+0046 · U+0066 135,955 / 135,041
Gg Ĝĝ G U+0047 · U+0067 U+011C · U+011D 135,944 / 135,030 10,494 / 10,447
Ww W U+0057 · U+0077 135,522 / 134,664
Ɣɣ Gamma U+0194 · U+0263 566 / 479
Hh H U+0048 · U+0068 135,937 / 135,003
Ii I U+0049 · U+0069 135,906 / 134,997
Jj J U+004A · U+006A 135,779 / 134,898
Kk K U+004B · U+006B 135,820 / 134,904
Pp P U+0050 · U+0070 135,726 / 134,808
Ll L U+004C · U+006C 135,840 / 134,937
Mm M U+004D · U+006D 135,809 / 134,871
Nn N U+004E · U+006E 135,770 / 134,851
Yy Y U+0059 · U+0079 135,463 / 134,648
Ɲɲ N With Left Hook U+019D · U+0272 528 / 519
Ŋŋ Eng U+014A · U+014B 5,952 / 5,969
Oo O U+004F · U+006F 135,747 / 134,876
Ɔɔ Open O U+0186 · U+0254 1,248 / 1,191
Tt T U+0054 · U+0074 135,769 / 134,800
Uu U U+0055 · U+0075 135,534 / 134,690
Vv V U+0056 · U+0076 135,566 / 134,636
Zz Z U+005A · U+007A 135,487 / 134,568

Punctuation characters

The marks used to separate sentences and to clarify meaning.

-U+002D‐U+2010‑U+2011,U+002C;U+003B:U+003A!U+0021?U+003F.U+002E(U+0028)U+0029[U+005B]U+005D{U+007B}U+007D

Where Kpelle (Latin) is read

Countries shaded by the share of their population that reads or writes Kpelle in the Latin script. The map is zoomed to the region where at least 1% of a country's people read it; neighbouring countries are shown unshaded for context.

50% or more of the country 10–50% 1–10% under 1% not listed for this language

Estimated readers — share of each country's population (CLDR).

CountryEstimated readersShare of population
Liberia 1,087,450 20%
Guinea 531,476 3.8%

Kpelle (Latin) — facts

Font coverage 384 of 137,179 fonts include every one of the 29 standard characters; 384 include the standard and additional sets together. Counts are exact for the snapshot of 21 October 2026.
Script Latin
Unicode blocks Basic Latin, Latin Extended-A, IPA Extensions, General Punctuation
People About 1,618,926 people read or write Kpelle in the Latin script — mostly in Liberia, Guinea.

Data: Unicode CLDR exemplar characters (CLDR 48.2.0) and CLDR territory population data. Font counts: snapshot of 21 October 2026.