Hussein Sheikh Ahmed Kaddare (, ; 2 March 1934 – 1 February 2015) was a
Somali inventor,
linguist
Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...
, and researcher in Somali traditions and folklore.
Kaddare contributed his linguistic expertise in Somalia's Ministry of information.
Kaddare is widely known for creating the
Kaddare script
The Kaddare script is a poorly known alphabetic script created to transcribe the Somali language. There are no known books written in the script.
History
The script was invented in 1952 by a Sufi Sheikh, named Hussein Sheikh Ahmed Kaddare.
The ...
used in transcribing the
Somali language
Somali is an Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic languages, Cushitic branch, primarily spoken by the Somalis, Somali people, native to Greater Somalia. It is an official language in Somalia, Somaliland, and Ethio ...
.
Biography
Kaddare was born in the town of
Adale in the
Middle Shebelle
Middle Shabelle (, , ) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in southern Somalia.
It is bordered by Hiran to the north, Galgaduud to the east, the Indian Ocean to the south and the region of Lower Shabelle and the capital Mogadishu to th ...
region of
Somalia
Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, th ...
in 1934. In 1953, he created the
Kaddare script
The Kaddare script is a poorly known alphabetic script created to transcribe the Somali language. There are no known books written in the script.
History
The script was invented in 1952 by a Sufi Sheikh, named Hussein Sheikh Ahmed Kaddare.
The ...
, an
orthography
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Most national ...
named after him that was used to transcribe the
Somali language
Somali is an Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic languages, Cushitic branch, primarily spoken by the Somalis, Somali people, native to Greater Somalia. It is an official language in Somalia, Somaliland, and Ethio ...
He died on February 1, 2015, in
Mogadishu
Mogadishu, locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and List of cities in Somalia by population, most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Ocean for millennia and has ...
after battling an unspecified illness.
See also
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Kaddare script
The Kaddare script is a poorly known alphabetic script created to transcribe the Somali language. There are no known books written in the script.
History
The script was invented in 1952 by a Sufi Sheikh, named Hussein Sheikh Ahmed Kaddare.
The ...
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Osmanya script
Osmanya (, ), known in Somali as ''Far Soomaali'' (, "Somali writing") and in Arabic as ''al-kitābah al-ʿuthmānīyah'' (; "Osman writing"), is an alphabetic script created to transcribe the Somali language. It was invented by Osman Yusuf Kenad ...
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Borama script
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Wadaad's writing
''Wadaad's'' writing, also known as ''Wadaad's'' Arabic (), is either a mixture of Arabic and Somali in writing, or the non-standardized adaption of the Arabic script to write the Somali language. Originally, it referred to a non-grammatical Arabi ...
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Osman Yusuf Kenadid
Osman Yusuf Kenadid (; ; 1889 – 14 August 1972) was a Somalis, Somali poet, writer, teacher and ruler. Born in Ceel Huur in 1889, he went on to create the Osmanya alphabet for writing Somali language, Somali. He died on 31 August 1972 in Mogad ...
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Sheikh Abdurahman Sheikh Nuur
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References
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External links
Somali Language History and Vernaculars''The Gadabuursi Somali Script''- qasidas in Gadabuursi/Borama
1934 births
2015 deaths
Translators to Somali
Ethnic Somali people
Somali inventors
Somalian writers
Somalian scholars
Creators of writing systems
Linguists from Somalia
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