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Wadaad's writing, also
known as
Wadaad's Arabic (Somali: Far
Wadaad, فَر وَداد, lit. 'Scholar's Handwriting'), is the
traditional Somali adaptation of...
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uncharacteristic for a
religious man, the
Wadaad was a
cousin of the
recently killed Jugle.
Farah Nur
heard of the
gabay from the
Wadaad and
reprimanded him. Following...
- it is
reserved as an
honorific for
senior Muslim leaders and
clerics (
wadaad), and is
often abbreviated to "Sh".
Famous local sheikhs include Ishaaq...
- The
Somali people (Somali: Soomaalida, Osmanya: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒆𐒖,
Wadaad: صومالِدَ) are a Cu****ic
ethnic group native to the Horn of
Africa who share...
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centuries for
writing Somali include the long-established
Arabic script and
Wadaad's writing.
Indigenous writing systems developed in the 20th
century include...
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Somali (/səˈmɑːli, soʊ-/ sə-MAH-lee, soh-;
Latin script: Af Soomaali;
Wadaad: اف صومالِ; Osmanya: 𐒖𐒍 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘 [af soːmaːli]) is an Afroasiatic...
- -ˈdɪʃ-/, also US: /ˌmoʊɡ-, ˌmɔːɡ-/; Somali: Muqdisho,
Wadaad: مُقْدِشو [muq'diʃo] or Xamar,
Wadaad: حَمَرْ [ħamar]; Arabic: مقديشو, Italian: Mogadiscio...
- "script" or "alphabet". For centuries,
Somali sheikhs and
Sultans used
wadaad's writing (a
version of the
Arabic alphabet) to write. In the
early 20th...
- The
Isaaq Sultanate (Somali:
Saldanadda Isaaq,
Wadaad: سَلْدَنَدْدَ إساقْ, Arabic: السلطنة الإسحاقية) was a
Muslim sultanate that
ruled parts of the Horn...
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letters Northeast Africa Bedawi or Beja,
mainly in
northeastern Sudan Wadaad's writing, used in
Somalia Nubian languages Dongolawi language or Andaandi...
