Osmanya πππππ ππππππππ | |
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Script type | |
Published | 1920-1922
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Time period | c.1922 β 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, πππππ ππππππππ), also known as Far Soomaali (πππ ππππππ, "Somali writing")[1] and, in Arabic, as al-kitΔbah al-ΚΏuthmΔnΔ«yah (Ψ§ΩΩΨͺΨ§Ψ¨Ψ© Ψ§ΩΨΉΨ«Ω Ψ§ΩΩΨ©; "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]