TheIsikripthi se-Vai sasungulwa nguMomolu Duwalu Bukele ngo-1833 eLiberia. Ithathwe emibonweni emidala eyasetshenziswa eminyakeni engama-200 ngaphambili. Lo mbhalo ufundwa ukusuka kwesobunxele kuye kwesokudla futhi unezinhlamvu ezingama-212. Ulimi lwephimbo olunonkamisa abayi-12 (aba-5 kubo bangamakhala) kanye nongwaqa abangama-31, lusebenzisa isilabhari ukumela imisindo yalolu limi.