Kaddare script
The Kaddare alphabet is a writing script created to transcribe Somali, an Afro-Asiatic language.
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Languages | Somali language |
History
The orthography was invented in 1952 by Sheikh Hussein Sheikh Ahmed Kaddare.
A phonetically robust writing system, the technical commissions that appraised the Kaddare script concurred that it was a very accurate orthography for transcribing Somali.[1]
Form
The Kaddare script uses both upper and lower case letters, with the lower case represented in cursive. Many characters are transcribed without having to lift the pen.[2]
Several of Kaddare's letters are similar to those in the Osmanya script, while others bear a resemblance to Brahmi.[2]
As there are no dedicated characters for long vowels, a vowel is made long by simply writing it twice.[2]
gollark: There are lots of block-based "programming" things now.
gollark: I wrote about this on my blog last year, which obviously makes me an expert™. While these things maybe *can* help with the general skill of being able to translate your complex and underspecified intentions into actual code, they aren't really *marketed* that way and thus are probably not taught usefully that way, and they're bad at, well, teaching programming directly.
gollark: According to my IQ test, I have an IQ of 600.
gollark: That did happen. Quite often.
gollark: It seems to have been a working strategy so far (well, for some things). Blatantly passing ridiculously broad internet monitoring laws, for example.
See also
- Somali orthography
- Borama
- Osmanya
References
- Laitin, David D. (1977). Politics, Language, and Thought: The Somali Experience. University of Chicago Press. p. 87. ISBN 0226467910.
- Rendition at www.skyknowledge.com/kaddare.htm
Further reading
- Laitin, David D. (1977). Politics, Language, and Thought: The Somali Experience. University of Chicago Press. p. 87. ISBN 0226467910.
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