Easiest written languages for English speakers

[RoobleAlWaliid]

[VeiledGarbasar]

I believe I either this script the Osmaniya or the Arabic one should have been used as the written script of the Somali language.Instead UNESCO pushed and lobbied Afwayne and his regime to adopt the Latin for which we have no cultural connectio whatsoever.

Why do we have to stick to the Latin though? As people we can lobby for a flipping language revolution. The people can be taught and wallahi we will be uplifted as people!!

We Somalis are just too maskiin!! In a couple years inshaAllah when Somalia is in a much better position (inshaAllah) then I believe we should drop the Latin script and we should pick up one of the Somali scripts that is easy to read and manage iA.

See waaye, qaashinka aa lugu tuura wax na anfiic waaye.

Ps. Nicknames are not good Aboowe, ee dadka dembigod ha isku aruursan.

[Buraanbur]

two correction for your buraanbur
first it was created In 1933 by Sheikh Abdurahman Sheikh Nuur.

How is it the original Somali script when it was created in the 50s?

it is not THE original
but i wrote
AN original !

The gadabursi script is known by academic an original indigenious somali script unlike the osmania who was arabic influenced

Thanks for the clarification.

Osmaniya is an original Somali script just like the Gadabursi and Kadarre scripts. Your accusation of it being Arabic influenced is unfounded and,tbh, it's the first time I'm hearing it. The most popular claim is that it is influenced by Ge'ez.

[LiquidHYDROGEN]

The funny thing is, the literacy rate across Somalia currently is so bad that you could teach them a new script just as easily as teaching them the latin alphabet. But Somalis, like many poor nations suffers from I-want-to-be-cadaanitis.

The only problem would be printing and computers using latin script would have to be overhauled.

[GAMES]

I believe I either this script the Osmaniya or the Arabic one should have been used as the written script of the Somali language.Instead UNESCO pushed and lobbied Afwayne and his regime to adopt the Latin for which we have no cultural connectio whatsoever.

Why do we have to stick to the Latin though? As people we can lobby for a flipping language revolution. The people can be taught and wallahi we will be uplifted as people!!

We Somalis are just too maskiin!! In a couple years inshaAllah when Somalia is in a much better position (inshaAllah) then I believe we should drop the Latin script and we should pick up one of the Somali scripts that is easy to read and manage iA.

See waaye, qaashinka aa lugu tuura wax na anfiic waaye.

Ps. Nicknames are not good Aboowe, ee dadka dembigod ha isku aruursan.

I use to things Buraanbur was stupid, but boy, u really do take the cake.

Do you honestly believe Somalis would adopt another alphabet?

Just look at SNet, 70% of what's posted on here is English, let alone Somali.

But you wanna introduce another language, u really are stupid.

[Buraanbur]

I believe I either this script the Osmaniya or the Arabic one should have been used as the written script of the Somali language.Instead UNESCO pushed and lobbied Afwayne and his regime to adopt the Latin for which we have no cultural connectio whatsoever.

Why do we have to stick to the Latin though? As people we can lobby for a flipping language revolution. The people can be taught and wallahi we will be uplifted as people!!

We Somalis are just too maskiin!! In a couple years inshaAllah when Somalia is in a much better position (inshaAllah) then I believe we should drop the Latin script and we should pick up one of the Somali scripts that is easy to read and manage iA.

See waaye, qaashinka aa lugu tuura wax na anfiic waaye.

Ps. Nicknames are not good Aboowe, ee dadka dembigod ha isku aruursan.

I use to things Buraanbur was stupid, but boy, u really do take the cake.

Do you honestly believe Somalis would adopt another alphabet?

Just look at SNet, 70% of what's posted on here is English, let alone Somali.

But you wanna introduce another language, u really are stupid.

We are talking about another script, not another language you bloody sakhraan. Given the dominant demographic of this website, it makes sense that most discussions would be conducted in English, but that has no bearing on the success/failure of introducing an indigenous script in SOMALIA. Follow the discussion instead of going off on one of your usual drunk tangents.

[VeiledGarbasar]

Games,

Maxaa saas iigu bahdalaysay?

Anywho, we are talking about people in Somali lands not friggin' West.....maxaa naga galaay ciyaalka in the West, they learn or they don't it's up to them. Just like how it is now? No one taught me to write or read Somali, I tried myself. Trust me, I will try again if they changed the alphabet.

The funny thing is, the literacy rate across Somalia currently is so bad that you could teach them a new script just as easily as teaching them the latin alphabet. But Somalis, like many poor nations suffers from I-want-to-be-cadaanitis.

The only problem would be printing and computers using latin script would have to be overhauled.

LH, habaryar seetahay

Why would we have to get rid of the computers, surely the system can be changed, keyboards replaced? At the very least you can just get an online keyboard designed for that specific language and voila, right?

[LiquidHYDROGEN]

Veiled waan fiicanahay habo

As for the computers, that's why I said "overhaul". They would need updated software and new keyboards, which is achievable and not that expensive actually. Especially since there are probably more cars than computers in Somaliland/Somalia. But I predict that there would be big backlash against changing the script, since we Somalis like to be contrarian to every new idea.

[waryaa]

Osmanya script has been adopted by the Unicode Consortium. It can now be used in browsers, word processing applications, etc. Just like any other script.

viewtopic.php?t=313881#p3779299



https://www.google.com/search?q=osmanya+script

I heard the deciding committee picked Latin for economic reasons.

[djibsomali]

mashallah

[djibsomali]

waxyabaah somalinet laguusoo qoroo uu ku badanayaa website yadaa.
Like were talking about gadabursi script in here
and bingo a couple of hours later
Websitekii boramanews oo lasoo booday!!


http://boramanews.com/index.php/somali- ... ga-horteed

[BlackVelvet]

I don't think being referred to as an "easy language" is supposed to be a compliment


The latin alphabet is insufficient when it comes to written Somali. Particularly with regards to the many variations of the "d" sound that D and Dh don't cover. That said we can all see why it had been viewed as the best option at the time. In the future though we should have these older scripts revisited as "classic" Somali texts, maybe even teach them in schools

[VeiledGarbasar]

Blackvelvet, excellent point. I didn't see it as a compliment too, but I didn't want to be assumed as a person with a chip on her shoulders in regards to Westerners.

LH,

I do believe it can be achievable, but of course it is up to Somali governments.

Osmanya script has been adopted by the Unicode Consortium. It can now be used in browsers, word processing applications, etc. Just like any other script.

viewtopic.php?t=313881#p3779299



https://www.google.com/search?q=osmanya+script

I heard the deciding committee picked Latin for economic reasons.

Economic reasons? I doubt that, it sounds very much like they have inferiority complex and at best appeasement. Either way, I don't like it.

[RoobleAlWaliid]

I don't think being referred to as an "easy language" is supposed to be a compliment

Nobody said it was an easy language as you put it. Af Soomaali is a hard language for foreigners. Pay attention it's an easy to learn foreign 'script' or 'written language'. It's a compliment that they added it to the list, it means that they took the time to look into the Somali scrips. Somalis nowadays hardly take the time to study their past and bootyclap for foreigners. Besides easy scripts are good for business(Turkey's script and the Latin one we use etc).

I.m.o. all Somali scripts are easy to learn, but the GB script takes the cake for English speakers.

[Thuganomics]

Veiled.Thanks for the advice sis.Will take it on board