Borama script

[
qasida in the Borama script.] The Borama script is a writing script for the Somali language. It was devised around 1933 by Sheikh Abdurahman Sheikh Nuur of the Gadabuursi clan.

Though not as widely known as Osmanya, the other major writing script for the Somali language, Borama has produced a notable body of literature mainly consisting of qasidas.

Borama was principally used by the Sheikh and his circle of associates in his native city of Borama.

This script is also known as the Gadabuursi script.

References

* I.M. Lewis (1958) "Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies", University of London, Vol. 21 pp 134-156

ee also

*Osmanya script
*Wadaad's writing

External links

* [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/somali.htm Osmanya, Borama, Wadaad's writing and the Somali language]
* [http://gess.files.wordpress.com/2006/10/the-gadabuursi-script.pdf "The Gadabuursi Somali Script" - qasidas in Gadabuursi/Borama]
* [http://www.evertype.com/standards/iso10646/pdf/afkeenna-iyo-fartiisa.pdf "Afkeenna iyo fartiisa" - a book in Osmanya]