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The Gadabuursi alphabet, also known as the Borama alphabet (Borama: 
),
at Omniglot is an
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.
The Borama or Gadabuursi alphabet was devised in 1933 by Sheikh Abdurahman Sheikh Nuur, a Qur'anic teacher and son of Borama's '' qadi'' (judge), who devised the new orthography for transcribing the
'Borama/Gadabuursi alphabet' in ''Somali''
at Omniglot *
Somali reconstruction and Local Initiative: Amoud University
Published in World Development (2001).
The Gadabuursi Somali Script
- qasidas in Gadabuursi/Borama
The report of the Somali Language Committee
Writing systems of Africa Somali language Somali orthography {{writingsystem-stub
),at Omniglot is an
alphabetic script
An alphabet is a standardized set of basic written graphemes (called letters) that represent the phonemes of certain spoken languages. Not all writing systems represent language in this way; in a syllabary, each character represents a syll ...
for the Somali language
Somali (Latin script: ; Wadaad writing, Wadaad: ; Osmanya: 𐒖𐒍 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘 ) is an Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic languages, Cushitic branch. It is spoken as a mother tongue by Somalis in ...
. It was devised around 1933 by Sheikh Abdurahman Sheikh Nuur of the Gadabuursi
The Gadabuursi ( Somali: ''Gadabuursi'', Arabic: جادابورسي), also known as ''Samaroon'' (Arabic: ''قبيلة سَمَرُون)'', is a northern Somali clan, a sub-division of the Dir clan family.
The Gadabuursi are geographically s ...
clan.
History
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.
The Borama or Gadabuursi alphabet was devised in 1933 by Sheikh Abdurahman Sheikh Nuur, a Qur'anic teacher and son of Borama's '' qadi'' (judge), who devised the new orthography for transcribing the Afro-Asiatic
The Afroasiatic languages (or Afro-Asiatic), also known as Hamito-Semitic, or Semito-Hamitic, and sometimes also as Afrasian, Erythraean or Lisramic, are a language family of about 300 languages that are spoken predominantly in the geographic su ...
Cushitic Somali language
Somali (Latin script: ; Wadaad writing, Wadaad: ; Osmanya: 𐒖𐒍 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘 ) is an Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic languages, Cushitic branch. It is spoken as a mother tongue by Somalis in ...
. A quite accurate phonetic writing system, it was principally used by Sheikh Nuur, his circle of associates in the city and some of the merchants in control of trade in Zeila and Borama. Students of Sheikh Nuur were also trained in the use of this alphabet.
See also
* Kaddare * Osmanya * Somali orthographyReferences
External links
'Borama/Gadabuursi alphabet' in ''Somali''
at Omniglot *
Somali reconstruction and Local Initiative: Amoud University
Published in World Development (2001).
The Gadabuursi Somali Script
- qasidas in Gadabuursi/Borama
The report of the Somali Language Committee
Writing systems of Africa Somali language Somali orthography {{writingsystem-stub