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The Gadabuursi script also known as the Borama alphabet (Borama: 
), is a writing script for the
Though not as widely known as
The Gadabuursi Somali Script
''Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies'',
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The Gadabuursi Somali Script
''Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies'',
Osmanya, Borama, Wadaad's writing and the Somali languageThe Gadabuursi Somali Script
- qasidas in Gadabuursi/Borama
''Afkeenna iyo fartiisa''
- a book in Osmanya
The report of the Somali Language Committee
Writing systems of Africa Somali language Somali orthography {{writingsystem-stub
), is a writing script for the Somali language
Somali (Latin script: ; Wadaad: ; Osmanya: ππ ππππππ ) is an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch. It is spoken as a mother tongue by Somalis in Greater Somalia and the Somali diaspora. Somali is a ...
. It was devised around 1933 by Sheikh Abdurahman Sh. Nur of the Gadabuursi
The Gadabuursi ( Somali: ''Gadabuursi'', Arabic: Ψ¬Ψ§Ψ―Ψ§Ψ¨ΩΨ±Ψ³Ω), also known as ''Samaroon'' ( Arabic: ''ΩΨ¨ΩΩΨ© Ψ³ΩΩ
ΩΨ±ΩΩΩ)'', is a northern Somali clan, a sub-division of the Dir clan family.
The Gadabuursi are geographically ...
clan.
History
Though not as widely known as 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§ ...
, the other major orthography for transcribing Somali, Borama has produced a notable body of literature mainly consisting of qasida
The qaαΉ£Δ«da (also spelled ''qaαΉ£Δ«dah''; is originally an Arabic word , plural ''qaαΉ£Δβid'', ; that was passed to some other languages such as fa, ΩΨ΅ΫΨ―Ω or , ''chakameh'', and tr, kaside) is an ancient Arabic word and form of writin ...
s.I.M. Lewis (1958)The Gadabuursi Somali Script
''Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies'',
University of London
The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degre ...
, Vol. 21, pp. 134β156.
A quite accurate phonetic writing system, the Borama script was principally used by Nuur and his circle of associates in his native city of Borama
Borama ( so, Boorama, ar, Ψ¨ΩΨ±Ω
Ψ§) is the Second capital city of Somaliland and the largest city of the northwestern Awdal region of Somaliland The commercial seat of the province, it is situated near the border with Ethiopia.
During the M ...
.Somali alphabets, pronunciation and language/ref>
See also
* Kaddare *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§ ...
*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 introd ...
Notes
References
*I.M. Lewis (1958)The Gadabuursi Somali Script
''Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies'',
University of London
The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degre ...
, Vol. 21, pp. 134β156.
*David D. Laitin, ''Politics, language, and thought: the Somali experience'', (University of Chicago Press: 1977)
External links
Osmanya, Borama, Wadaad's writing and the Somali language
- qasidas in Gadabuursi/Borama
''Afkeenna iyo fartiisa''
- a book in Osmanya
The report of the Somali Language Committee
Writing systems of Africa Somali language Somali orthography {{writingsystem-stub