The Gadabuursi script also known as the Borama alphabet (Borama: ),[1] is a writing script for the Somali language. It was devised around 1933 by Sheikh Abdurahman Sh. Nur of the Gadabuursi clan.[2]

Borama
Script type	Alphabet
Languages	Somali language
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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.[3]

A quite accurate phonetic writing system,[2] the Borama script was principally used by Nuur and his circle of associates in his native city of Borama.[1][2]

See also

• Kaddare
• Osmanya
• Somali orthography

Notes

References

• I.M. Lewis (1958), The Gadabuursi Somali Script, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 21, pp. 134–156.
• David D. Laitin, Politics, language, and thought: the Somali experience, (University of Chicago Press: 1977)

External links

• Osmanya, Borama, Wadaad's writing and the Somali language
• The Gadabuursi Somali Script - qasidas in Gadabuursi/Borama
• Afkeenna iyo fartiisa - a book in Osmanya
• The report of the Somali Language Committee

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