Somali writing systems
Somali writing systems
Writing systems for the Somali language.
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Somali Latin alphabet
Official Somali writing system.
24%
Wadaad's writing
Arabic-based orthography for the Somali language.
18%
Osmanya script
Script created in the 1920s for Somali.
17%
Kaddare script
Writing system for Somali created in 1952.
14%
Gadabuursi Somali Script
Writing system for Somali developed around 1933.
12%
Somali language
Cushitic language of the Horn of Africa.
6%
Supreme Revolutionary Council (Somalia)
1969–1991 military government of Somalia.
1.8%
Arabic script
Writing system.
1.1%
Musa Haji Ismail Galal
Somali polymath (1917–1980).
0.99%
Brahmi script
Ancient script of Central and South Asia.
0.59%
Readers come from
Share of the 1,379 readers arriving from another article
Somali language
Cushitic language of the Horn of Africa.
29%
Siad Barre
President of Somalia from 1969 to 1991.
22%
Somali Latin alphabet
Official Somali writing system.
16%
Somalia
Country in East Africa.
11%
Osmanya script
Script created in the 1920s for Somali.
11%
Kaddare script
Writing system for Somali created in 1952.
4.6%
Gadabuursi Somali Script
Writing system for Somali developed around 1933.
3.6%
Languages of Djibouti
0.94%
1972
Calendar year.
0.73%