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The Kaddare alphabet is a writing script created to transcribe Somali, a
The Kaddare script uses both upper and lower case letters, with the lower case represented in cursive. Many characters are transcribed without having to lift the pen.Rendition at www.skyknowledge.com/kaddare.htm
/ref> Several of Kaddare's letters are similar to those in the
Somali Language History and VernacularsThe report of the Somali Language Committee
Writing systems of Africa Somali language Somali orthography {{writingsystem-stub
Cushitic language
The Cushitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken primarily in the Horn of Africa, with minorities speaking Cushitic languages to the north in Egypt and the Sudan, and to the south in Kenya and Tanzania. As ...
in the Afroasiatic
The Afroasiatic languages (or Afro-Asiatic), also known as Hamito-Semitic, or Semito-Hamitic, and sometimes also as Afrasian, Erythraean or Lisramic, are a language family of about 300 languages that are spoken predominantly in the geographic su ...
language family.
History
The orthography was invented in 1952 by a Sufi Sheikh, named Hussein Sheikh Ahmed Kaddare. A phonetically robust writing system, the technical commissions that appraised the Kaddare script concurred that it was a very accurate orthography for transcribing Somali.Form
The Kaddare script uses both upper and lower case letters, with the lower case represented in cursive. Many characters are transcribed without having to lift the pen.Rendition at www.skyknowledge.com/kaddare.htm/ref> Several of Kaddare's letters are similar to those in the
Osmanya script
The Osmanya script ( so, Farta Cismaanya πππππ ππππππππ), also known as Far Soomaali (πππ ππππππ, "Somali writing") and, in Arabic, as ''al-kitΔbah al-ΚΏuthmΔnΔ«yah'' (Ψ§ΩΩΨͺΨ§ ...
, while others bear a resemblance to Brahmi
Brahmi (; ; ISO: ''BrΔhmΔ«'') is a writing system of ancient South Asia. "Until the late nineteenth century, the script of the AΕokan (non-Kharosthi) inscriptions and its immediate derivatives was referred to by various names such as 'lath' ...
.
As there are no dedicated characters for long vowel
A vowel is a syllabic speech sound pronounced without any stricture in the vocal tract. Vowels are one of the two principal classes of speech sounds, the other being the consonant. Vowels vary in quality, in loudness and also in quantity (leng ...
s, a vowel is made long by simply writing it twice.
See also
*Somali orthography
A number of writing systems have been used to transcribe the Somali language. Of these, the Somali Latin alphabet is the most widely used. It has been the official writing script in Somalia since the Supreme Revolutionary Council formally intro ...
* Borama
*Osmanya
The Osmanya script ( so, Farta Cismaanya πππππ ππππππππ), also known as Far Soomaali (πππ ππππππ, "Somali writing") and, in Arabic, as ''al-kitΔbah al-ΚΏuthmΔnΔ«yah'' (Ψ§ΩΩΨͺΨ§ ...
References
Further reading
*External links
Somali Language History and Vernaculars
Writing systems of Africa Somali language Somali orthography {{writingsystem-stub