Why aren't we using this alphabet?

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Re: Why aren't we using this alphabet?

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I think that Osmanya is more aesthetically pleasing, probably because the letters are more rounded.

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Re: Why aren't we using this alphabet?

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LiquidHYDROGEN wrote:Why aren't we using this alphabet?
People don't want to use a new/old alphabet just so you like it or think it's a source of pride.
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Re: Why aren't we using this alphabet?

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Osmanya looks Ethiopian, the one the OP posted seems nice.
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Re: Why aren't we using this alphabet?

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This should be the new HAG writing :lol: nah on a serious note we should of kept our centuries Arabic writing. Yes we aren't Arabs but neither is Iran Pakistani etc
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Re: Why aren't we using this alphabet?

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Arabman wrote:
LiquidHYDROGEN wrote:Why aren't we using this alphabet?
People don't want to use a new/old alphabet just so you like it or think it's a source of pride.
You're not even somali so why do you care?
CushiticReflections wrote:I think that Osmanya is more aesthetically pleasing, probably because the letters are more rounded.

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Now that looks like chicken-scratch.
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Re: Why aren't we using this alphabet?

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LiquidHYDROGEN wrote:You're not even somali so why do you care?
'Cause you don't know foreigners co-own Somalia.
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Re: Why aren't we using this alphabet?

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Arabman wrote:
LiquidHYDROGEN wrote:You're not even somali so why do you care?
'Cause you don't know foreigners co-own Somalia.
Err...no they don't. Somalia belongs to somalis.
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Re: Why aren't we using this alphabet?

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Inshallah the Arabic script will return, writing somali in the Latin script Is foolxumo, and doing it in the arabic scripting gives people bonus benefits, such as reading the Quran and classical Islamic texts.
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Re: Why aren't we using this alphabet?

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^ No it doesn't...if it did Iranians, Pakistanis &Afghans would have been able to read and write in arabic and everybody knows that is not the case.


Osmanya :up:

The other one looks weird with many english letters and numbers. :lol:
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Re: Why aren't we using this alphabet?

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CushiticReflections wrote:I think that Osmanya is more aesthetically pleasing, probably because the letters are more rounded.

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This script was rejected, and it was never used again, it looks like Xabashi and it stinks. :down: :lol:
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Re: Why aren't we using this alphabet?

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Cherine wrote:^ No it doesn't...if it did Iranians, Pakistanis &Afghans would have been able to read and write in arabic and everybody knows that is not the case.
beenta jooji iranians and urdu speakers can read and write arabic easily but don't understand it.
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Re: Why aren't we using this alphabet?

Post by AbdiWahab252 »

Kaddarre looks interesting and is unique from the Osmanya which looks like hybrid Geez.

Personally, I think it would be easier to use a hybridized Arabic script with addition of letters not found in Arabic similar to what Urdu does.
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Re: Why aren't we using this alphabet?

Post by ZubeirAwal »

Osamanya script was forged by majeerteen, why should all somalis adopt their script?

Arabic script :up: , we wrote in it prior to the English arriving at our shores, and in a matter of time we shall do so, again.
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Re: Why aren't we using this alphabet?

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LiquidHYDROGEN wrote:Image

The most beautiful thing I've ever seen. :lawd: :mindblown:

Its called Kaddare.
:whoa: Thats doing too much.
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Re: Why aren't we using this alphabet?

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ZubeirAwal wrote:Osamanya script was forged by majeerteen, why should all somalis adopt their script?

Arabic script :up: , we wrote in it prior to the English arriving at our shores, and in a matter of time we shall do so, again.
I'd rather a native script written by a Majeerteen than a foreign one. Heck, I'd even be appeased if a native Somali script was introduced by a Jareerweyne :up:
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