About Ananse Stroke, a West African Writing System
Ananse Keyboard is a personalized symbol-language writing platform created by The Ananse Stroke Foundation. It brings Ananse Stroke, a West African writing system, to the web, iPhone, and Android.
Four letter families
Twenty letters are organized into Vowel, Bilabial, Alveolar, and Velar sound families. Each family shares a head shape, while the position of a mark identifies the letter.
A complete writing experience
Writers can use Family, QWERTY, and stroke layouts; choose Print or Cursive writing; customize glyph designs and ink colors; use predictions and number marks; and save or share their writing.
Private communication in the Ananse apps
The native Ananse apps support live end-to-end encrypted private conversations. System keyboard extensions type into other apps, but they do not read or encrypt conversations in third-party services.
Ananse Stroke Keyboard
The official name of this app is Ananse Keyboard, built for Ananse Stroke, a West African writing system. Ananse ends with E. Start with the alphabet guide to learn its four sound families.
Is Ananse a translator keyboard?
If you are looking for an “Ananse Translator Keyboard,” this app lets you type familiar letters and display them as Ananse symbols. Switching between Ananse and English changes how the same stored letters are displayed. It does not translate meaning between languages.