Wadaad's writing, also known as Wadaad's Arabic (Somali: Far Wadaad, lit. 'Scholar's Handwriting'), is the traditional Somali adaptation of written Arabic...
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specific names for individual languages, such as Wolofal, Sorabe, and Wadaad's writing. Despite the existence of a widely known and well-established script...
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ad hoc transliteration of Somali into Arabic script referred to as Wadaad's writing. It contains 32 letters; 10 of them are vowels, the remainder are consonants...
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been used for centuries for writing Somali include the long-established Arabic script and Wadaad's writing. Indigenous writing systems developed in the twentieth...
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Somali language (section Writing system)
been used for centuries for writing the Somali language include the long-established Arabic script and Wadaad's writing. According to Bogumił Andrzejewski...
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been used for centuries for writing Somali include the long-established Arabic script and Wadaad's writing. Indigenous writing systems developed in the twentieth...
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Osmanya alphabet (category Writing systems of Africa)
Studies, University of London, Vol. 21 pp 134–156. Osmanya, Borama, Wadaad's writing and the Somali language Afkeenna iyo fartiisa - a book in Osmanya Somali...
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House of Guled (Somali: Reer Guuleed, Wadaad's writing: ريرْ گُليدْ Arabic: الغوليديين, romanized: al-Ghulīdiyīn) was the ruling house of the Isaaq Sultanate...
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Gadabuursi Somali Script (category Writing systems of Africa)
Writings". Afrikanistik-Aegyptologie-Online. Retrieved 2023-04-07. [Covers Wadaad's writing, Osmanya, Gadabuursi, and Kaddare.] Somali reconstruction and Local...
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used wadaad's writing (a version of the Arabic alphabet) to write. In the early 20th century, in response to a national campaign to settle on a writing script...
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Ajami script (category Writing systems of Africa)
example of the letter values is in the following table. Wolofal script Wadaad's writing Fula alphabets#Arabic (Ajami) alphabet Swahili Ajami Mandinka language#Orthography...
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Kaddare alphabet (category Writing systems of Africa)
Writings". Afrikanistik-Aegyptologie-Online. Retrieved 2023-04-07. [Covers Wadaad's writing, Osmanya, Gadabuursi, and Kaddare.]*Somali Language History and Vernaculars[permanent...
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Somali Latin alphabet (category Writing systems of Africa)
(ط), ẓāʾ (ظ), and ghayn (غ). However, when writing in Wadaad's Script, these letters are retained for writing of Arabic loanwords. The following elements...
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nomenclature for the Arabic vowels, this would eventually evolve into Wadaad's writing. The notation system he developed had been described as "too authentically...
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been used for centuries for writing Somali include the long-established Arabic script and Wadaad's writing. Indigenous writing systems developed in the 20th...
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13th-century scholar and saint; associated with the development of Wadaad's writing Abdallah al-Qutbi (1879–1952) – polemicist theologian and philosopher;...
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Arabic script (category Right-to-left writing systems)
letters Northeast Africa Bedawi or Beja, mainly in northeastern Sudan Wadaad's writing, used in Somalia Nubian languages Dongolawi language or Andaandi language...
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Osman Yusuf Kenadid (category Creators of writing systems)
Islam in a Clan-based Society, (Red Sea Press: 1998)) Osmanya, Borama, Wadaad's writing and the Somali language Afkeenna iyo fartiisa – a book in Osmanya Somali...
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Sheikh Abdurahman Sh. Nur (category Creators of writing systems)
Somali". Gadabuursi Script Osmanya script Kaddare script Somali alphabet Wadaad's writing Osman Yusuf Kenadid Shire Jama Ahmed Hussein Sheikh Ahmed Kaddare Lewis...
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The Somali people (Somali: Soomaalida, Osmanya: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒆𐒖, Wadaad: صومالِدَ) are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Horn of Africa who share...
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Latin alphabet) Somali original (Osmanya script) Somali original (Wadaad's writing) IPA transcription Official English translation Poetic English translation...
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Hussein Sheikh Ahmed Kaddare (category Creators of writing systems)
an unspecified illness. Kaddare script Osmanya script Borama script Wadaad's writing Osman Yusuf Kenadid Sheikh Abdurahman Sheikh Nuur Galaal, Musa H. I...
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of the Isaaq. He is noted for having contributed to the development of Wadaad's script. In the 1950s, Galal introduced a more radical alteration of the...
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teach who to read and write Arabic. These schools were mainly taught by Wadaads, wandering literate clergymen who would mediate between clans and perform...
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