Gadabuursi script
The Gadabuursi script also known as the Borama alphabet (Borama:
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Languages | Somali language |
History
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A qasida in the Borama script.
Though not as widely known as Osmanya, the other major orthography for transcribing Somali, Borama has produced a notable body of literature mainly consisting of qasidas.[3]
A quite accurate phonetic writing system,[2] the Borama script was principally used by Nuur and his circle of associates in his native city of Borama.[1][2]
gollark: Oh, ingame chat.
gollark: I would have said fish, if only I had scrolled down...
gollark: Other people donated. Probably more than you.
gollark: What is it *for*?
gollark: How very clear.
See also
- Kaddare
- Osmanya
- Somali orthography
Notes
- Somali alphabets, pronunciation and language
- David D. Laitin (1 May 1977). Politics, Language, and Thought: The Somali Experience. University of Chicago Press. pp. 98–. ISBN 978-0-226-46791-7. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
- 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.
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)
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
- The report of the Somali Language Committee
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