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The Osmanya alphabet, also known as Far Soomaali ("Somali writing"), is a writing script created to transcribe the Somali language. A phonetically sophisticated alphabet, it was invented between 1920 and 1922 by Cismaan Yuusuf Keenadiid who hails from the Osman Mohamoud clan of the larger Majeerteen. [13]
The Somali Latin alphabet is an official writing system in the Federal Republic of Somalia and its constituent Federal Member States.It was developed by a number of leading scholars of Somali, including Musa Haji Ismail Galal, B. W. Andrzejewski and Shire Jama Ahmed specifically for transcribing the Somali language, and is based on the Latin script.
Osman Yusuf Kenadid. While Osmanya gained reasonably wide acceptance in Somalia and quickly produced a considerable body of literature, it proved difficult to spread among the population mainly due to stiff competition from the long-established Arabic script as well as the emerging Somali Latin alphabet developed by a number of leading scholars of Somali, including Musa Haji Ismail Galal, B. W ...
The Kaddare alphabet is an alphabetic script created to transcribe Somali, a Cushitic language in the Afroasiatic language family. The Somali Language Committee, tasked with deciding the script for the nation, officially recommended the Kaddare alphabet, but had to settle for the Latin alphabet due to economic restraints.
Somali is classified within the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic family, specifically, Lowland East Cushitic in addition to Afar and Saho. [10] Somali is the best-documented of the Cushitic languages, [11] with academic studies of the language dating back to the late 19th century.
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Each vowel also has a harmonic counterpart, expressed either at the front or at the back of the mouth. Somali words follow a vowel harmony rule. However, Somali orthography, neither Somali Latin alphabet, nor Arabic alphabet, nor Osmanya alphabet distinguish between the two vowel harmony sets.
Florida State men's basketball coach Leonard Hamilton announced on Monday that he will resign from his position following the conclusion of the 2024-25 season, his 23rd leading the Seminoles.. The ...