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The report of the Somali Language Committee
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alphabetic script
An alphabet is a standard set of letters written to represent particular sounds in a spoken language. Specifically, letters largely correspond to phonemes as the smallest sound segments that can distinguish one word from another in a given ...
created 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 ...
. There are no known books written in the script.
History
The script was invented in 1952 by a Sufi Sheikh, namedHussein Sheikh Ahmed Kaddare
Hussein Sheikh Ahmed Kaddare (, ; 2 March 1934 – 1 February 2015) was a Somali people, Somali inventor, linguist, and researcher in Somali traditions and folklore. Kaddare contributed his linguistic expertise in Somalia's Ministry of information ...
.
The Somali Language Committee, tasked in 1961 with deciding on a script for the nation after independence, recommended the Kaddare script, but had to settle for the Latin alphabet due to economic constraints. They appraised Kaddare as being the most accurate indigenous script for transcribing the Somali language.
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 (Somalia), Suprem ...
*Borama
Borama (, ) is 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 Middle Ages, Borama was ruled by the Adal Sultanate. It later formed a ...
*Osmanya
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 Ke ...
References
External links
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Omniglot
Omniglot () is an online encyclopedia focused on languages and writing systems.
Etymology
The name "Omniglot" comes from the Latin prefix (meaning "all") and the Greek root (, meaning "tongue").
History
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* The report of the Somali Language Committee
Writing systems of Africa Somali orthography Somali inventions Writing systems introduced in 1952 {{alphabet-stub