The Borama script is a native script for writing the Somali language. It was devised in about 1933 by Sheikh Abdurahman Sheikh Nuur of the Gadabuursi clan. Unlike Osmanya, the script was not widely known. It was only used by the Sheikh's small circle of associates in Borama. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (437x609, 16 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (437x609, 16 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... The Somali language is a member of the East Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... The Gadabuursi (Gudubiirsi or Sheik Samaroon) tribe is a northern Somali clan, a sub-clan of the Dir. ... The Osmanya alphabet is a script for the Somali language invented between 1920 and 1922 by the Sultan of Obbias brother, Cismaan Yuusuf Keenadiid. ... Boorama is a town in western Somalia, near the border with Ethiopia. ...
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I.M. Lewis (1958) Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 21 pp 134-156
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