| Osmanya ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ | |
|---|---|
| Script type | |
| Published | 1920-1922
|
Time period | c.1922 โ c.1972 |
| Direction | Left-to-right  |
| Languages | Somali language |
| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Osma (260), Osmanya |
| Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Osmanya |
| U+10480–U+184AF | |
The Osmanya alphabet (Farta Cismaanya, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐), also known as Far Soomaali (๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, "Somali writing")[1] and, in Arabic, as al-kitฤbah al-สฟuthmฤnฤซyah (ุงููุชุงุจุฉ ุงูุนุซู ุงููุฉ; "Osman writing"), is an alphabetic script created to transcribe the Somali language.[2] It was invented by Osman Yusuf Kenadid, the son of Sultan Yusuf Ali Kenadid and brother of Sultan Ali Yusuf Kenadid of the Sultanate of Hobyo.[3]
- ^ Dadweynaha, Somalia Wasaaradda Warfaafinta iyo Hanuuninta (1974). The Writing of the Somali Language: A Great Landmark in Our Revolutionary History. Ministry of Information and National Guidance. p. 5.
- ^ Dadweynaha, Somalia Wasaaradda Warfaafinta iyo Hanuuninta (1974). The Writing of the Somali Language: A Great Landmark in Our Revolutionary History. Ministry of Information and National Guidance. p. 16.
- ^ Tosco, Mauro (2015). "Djibouti: AGA" (PDF). The Intergovernmental Academy of Somali Language: 196โ197.