Kaddare alphabet

Kaddare
Script type	Alphabet
Languages	Somali language
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The Kaddare alphabet is an

History

The orthography was invented in 1952 by a Sufi Sheikh, named Hussein Sheikh Ahmed Kaddare.

A phonetically robust writing system, the technical commissions that appraised the Kaddare alphabet concurred that it was the most accurate indigenous script and orthography for transcribing the Somali language.^[1]

Form

Kaddare 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 alphabet, 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]

See also

• Somali orthography
• Borama
• Osmanya

References

External links

• 'Kaddare alphabet' in Somali, at Omniglot
• Tosco, Mauro (University of Turin) (2010). "Somali Writings". Afrikanistik-Aegyptologie-Online. Retrieved 2023-04-07. [Covers
  Kaddare.]*Somali Language History and Vernaculars^{[permanent dead link}
  ]
• The report of the Somali Language Committee

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