Kaddare script

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Writing system for Somali created in 1952

Kaddare
Script type	Alphabet
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]

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][3]

See also

• Somali orthography
• Borama
• Osmanya

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.
3. ^ Galaal, Musa H. Ismail; Jama, Shirreh; Ahmed, Husein Sh.; Qutbi, Ali Sh. Abdillahi; Fodaddeh, Abukar; Ali, Addow Sh. (May 15, 1961). Linguistic Report 1961. The Report of the Somali Language Committee. Università Roma Tre: ArcAdiA - Centro Studi Somali. pp. 72–76.

External links

• Kaddare alphabet at Omniglot
• Cassanelli, Lee (2016). "Reflections on the 12th SSIA Congress". Bildhaan. 16 (1): 93–94.
• The report of the Somali Language Committee

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