Sheikh Cabdiraxmaan Sheikh Nuur, Qadhi of the former British Somaliland protectorate. The inventor of the Borama Script for the Somali language also created a Somali calendar based on the Solar system which incorporates the 4 main Somali seasons; Gu, Xagaa, Deyr and Jiilaal.
Somali calendar:
1- BULUDH-HORE (30 DAYS)
2- BULUDH-DAMBE (31 DAYS)
3- RAYSMAWEYDO (30 DAYS)
*(ALL PART OF THE GU SEASON)
4- RAJAL- HORE (31 DAYS)
5- RAJAL- DHEXE (30 DAYS)
6- RAJAL- DAMBE (31 DAYS)
*(ALL PART OF THE XAGAA SEASON)
7-WAABARIIS (30 DAYS)
8- SANBUUX (31 DAYS)
9- BIL-KHEYR (30 DAYS)
*(ALL PART OF THE DEYR SEASON)
10- SIIGAALE (31 DAYS)
11- SADATAAL (30 DAYS)
12- SAKO (30 DAYS)
*(ALL PART OF THE JIILAAL SEASON)
Source: Ilbaxnimadii Adal iyo Sooyaalkii Soomaliyeed.
Author: Qadi Sheikh Abdirahman Sheikh Nuur
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