Borama alphabet
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The Borama script is a writing script for the Somali language. It was devised around 1933 by Abdurahman Sheikh Nuur of the Gadabuursi clan.[1]
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[edit] History
Though not as widely known as Osmanya, the other major writing orthography for transcribing Somali, Borama has produced a notable body of literature mainly consisting of qasidas.[2]
A quite accurate phonetic writing system,[1] the Borama script was principally used by Nuur and his circle of associates in his native city of Borama.[1][3]
This script is also generally known as the Gadabuursi script.[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c David D. Laitin, Politics, Language, and Thought: The Somali Experience, (University Of Chicago Press: 1977), pp.86-87.
- ^ I.M. Lewis (1958), The Gadabuursi Somali Script, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 21, pp. 134–156.
- ^ a b Somali alphabets, pronunciation and language
[edit] References
- I.M. Lewis (1958), The Gadabuursi Somali Script, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 21, pp. 134–156.
- David D. Laitin, Politics, language, and thought: the Somali experience, (University of Chicago Press: 1977)
[edit] External links
- Osmanya, Borama, Wadaad's writing and the Somali language
- The Gadabuursi Somali Script - qasidas in Gadabuursi/Borama
- Afkeenna iyo fartiisa - a book in Osmanya
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