Kaddare script

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Kaddare
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Script type
Published
1952
Languages Somali language
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The Kaddare script is a poorly known alphabetic script created to transcribe the Somali language. There are no known books written in the script. [1]

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History

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

The Somali Language Committee, tasked in 1961 with deciding on a script for the nation after independence, recommended the Kaddare script, but had to settle for the Latin alphabet due to economic constraints. They appraised Kaddare as being the most accurate indigenous script for transcribing the Somali language. [2]

Cursive writing of Kaddare Cursive writing of Kaddare.jpg
Cursive writing of Kaddare

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References

  1. ↑ Tosco, Mauro (University of Turin) (2010). "Somali Writings". Afrikanistik-Aegyptologie-Online. Retrieved 2025-05-15. [Covers Wadaad's writing, Osmanya, Gadabuursi and Kaddare.]
  2. ↑ Laitin, David D. (1977). Politics, Language, and Thought: The Somali Experience. University of Chicago Press. p. 87. ISBN   0226467910.


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