1) We need an indigenous script that isn't Latin based. I'm tired of the ugly double vowels in Somali. It looks less like a language and more like a series of animal sounds.
2) South Arabia has had strong economic, historical and cultural ties with the horn for millennia. The script was used in Somaliland, evidenced by rock art and grave/tomb inscriptions.
3) Ancient South Arabian is a Afro-Asiatic language family with many of the pharyngeal sounds found in Somali.
4). It would make the horn languages easier to read as they would all be using similar alphabets.
5) South Arabian script is neat and tidy, rather than cursive like Arabic. Making it easy to learn to read and write.
6) It is tribe neutral and has a longer history and heritage. No offense to the Gadabuursi and Osmanya scripts, but I don't think Somalis would accept writing systems designed by other clans.
2) South Arabia has had strong economic, historical and cultural ties with the horn for millennia. The script was used in Somaliland, evidenced by rock art and grave/tomb inscriptions.
3) Ancient South Arabian is a Afro-Asiatic language family with many of the pharyngeal sounds found in Somali.
4). It would make the horn languages easier to read as they would all be using similar alphabets.
5) South Arabian script is neat and tidy, rather than cursive like Arabic. Making it easy to learn to read and write.
6) It is tribe neutral and has a longer history and heritage. No offense to the Gadabuursi and Osmanya scripts, but I don't think Somalis would accept writing systems designed by other clans.