Somali Latin alphabet

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alphabet orthography writing system

The Somali Latin alphabet is the official writing system for the Somali language, using a modified form of the basic Latin script to represent Somali phonology.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Somali Latin alphabet canonical 5
Latin Somali alphabet 1
Latinization of the Somali language 1

Statements (71)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alphabet ⓘ
orthography ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
adoptedAsOfficial 1972 ⓘ
adoptedBy Somali government NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn ISO basic Latin alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ
caseDistinction has uppercase and lowercase forms ⓘ
creator Shire Jama Ahmed NERFINISHED ⓘ
designedFor phonemic spelling ⓘ
designPrinciple one letter or digraph per phoneme ⓘ
excludesLetter P ⓘ
V ⓘ
Z ⓘ
diacritics ⓘ
includesLetter A ⓘ
B ⓘ
C ⓘ
D ⓘ
E ⓘ
F ⓘ
G ⓘ
H ⓘ
I ⓘ
J ⓘ
K ⓘ
L ⓘ
M ⓘ
N ⓘ
O ⓘ
Q ⓘ
R ⓘ
S ⓘ
T ⓘ
U ⓘ
W ⓘ
X ⓘ
Y ⓘ
numberOfLetters 21 ⓘ
officialStatusIn Djibouti NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Somalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Somaliland NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUsage Somali government documents ⓘ
Somali literature ⓘ
Somali media ⓘ
education in Somalia ⓘ
promotedBy Siad Barre government NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaced Arabic-based Somali scripts ⓘ
Borama alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kaddare alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Osmanya script NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wadaad writing ⓘ
represents Somali phonology ⓘ
representsPhoneme postalveolar fricative /ʃ/ with SH ⓘ
voiced pharyngeal fricative /ʕ/ with C ⓘ
voiced retroflex stop /ɖ/ with DH ⓘ
voiceless pharyngeal fricative /ħ/ with H ⓘ
voiceless uvular stop /q/ with Q ⓘ
voiceless velar fricative /x/ with KH ⓘ
scriptType Latin script ⓘ
usedFor Somali language NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesDigraph AA ⓘ
DH ⓘ
EE ⓘ
II ⓘ
KH ⓘ
OO ⓘ
SH ⓘ
UU ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Somali people → usesScript → Somali Latin alphabet ⓘ
Benadiri Somali → writingSystem → Somali Latin alphabet ⓘ
Digil → writingSystem → Somali Latin alphabet ⓘ
Osmanya script → replacedBy → Somali Latin alphabet ⓘ
Northern Somali → writingSystem → Somali Latin alphabet ⓘ
Siad Barre → implementedPolicy → Somali Latin alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latinization of the Somali language
Darod → usesScript → Somali Latin alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin Somali alphabet