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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.
The Somali calendar, (Somali: Soomaali tiro ammin)، (سومَلي تِرو امّين) which is a moon-and-sun-based system, was used by Somali herders and farmers to determine the seasons and predict the weather. The Somali lunar calendar is known as dayax-tiriska (دَيَح تِرِسكَه) and the sun-based calendar is called amin-tiris ...
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The terminology and practice of Somali weather lore, astronomy, and astrology (1968) Stars, seasons and weather in Somali pastoral traditions (1970) Musa Haji Ismail Galal ( Somali : Muuse Xaaji Ismaaciil Galaal , Arabic : موسى الحاج اسماعيل جلال ) (1917–1980) was a Somali writer, scholar, linguist, historian and polymath .
The wettest calendar year between 1967 and 1999 was 1967 with 754.2 millimetres (29.69 in) of precipitation and the driest 1980 with 38.8 millimetres (1.53 in) of precipitation. [ 10 ] Climate data for Gode, elevation 295 m (968 ft), (1971–2000)