Demonstrating how easily the Arabic script can be repurposed for Soomaali
- Thread starter Shimbiris
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Let’s use the namekian script 
somalipatriot
Unfortunately, therefore lack of any wisdom
You have been arabized in your mind Somali nationalism is/was a good medicine against poisoned individuals like you Somalia is not Sudan! historically we’re a unique nation united by race tribe language ethnicity and religion this heritage cannot be destroyed!
Do me a solid. Print out your message, roll up the paper and shove it up your anus. Please do that for me, walaal. I'll really appreciate it.
I am not Arabized in the least. In fact, I spent many years being genuinely annoyed (to an almost socially inept degree) whenever Arabs would claim Somalis were Arabs and would take the time to explain our ethnic identity to each and everyone of them until I got too old and tired. For the last time, this has NOTHING to do with "Ana Carab". It's about the fact that the Arabic script is part of our heritage and culture and has been for ONE THOUSAND+ YEARS. Subxanallah. How can people be this dense? I am talking about writing Af-Soomaali in a script, not adopting Arabic as our language. Bismillah...
Either repeat the letter like in Latin or use diacritics, I would imagine.
I like Cismaanya and how similar it even is in appearance to Ge'ez which makes the Horn look like a sort of scriptal block but I doubt Somalis will be hip to the idea of a script created by one qabiil.
The alchemist
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No self-respecting person would speak that mongrel language.@Shimbiris
I am thinking of creating a Cushitic Esperanto for the lulz, but I think it would take up way too much time and in the end nobody would use it.
If I did it, I would make the language 30% Somali, 30% Oromo, 15% Afar, 10% Agaw, 10% Beja, 5% various laangaabs.
somalipatriot
Unfortunately, therefore lack of any wisdom
To keep my reply short the Latin script was adopted in 1972 if it wasn’t then we would have had osmanya script! You can fix yourself or break yourself but these are the facts and reality
Arabic was quite in the running, actually. And what is your problem with an Arabic script, exactly? How would using it "Arabize" Somalis? Honestly, if Somalis become Arabs and drop their own language and culture just because of a script then that is a failure of the Somali people as a whole for being so rootless and dhaqan la'aan for something that small to uproot their entire identity. Unfortunately, this is commonly the state of affairs nowadays even without the Arabic script. Much of Somali culture from just a century ago is dead. Our traditional boat building, most of our traditional clothes, many of the day to day customs or folktales or beliefs... most geeljires don't even know that a century Somali nomads used to keep shepherd dogs. We really need a cultural revival, wallahi. Too many saaxiibs walking around thinking a khamiis is our traditional attire.
somalipatriot
Unfortunately, therefore lack of any wisdom
You’re completely a fool and you’re lying to yourself if you believe that Arabic was even
considered in 1972 when the Latin script was adopted the second choice was Osmanya
I don't think, I just remember reading that it clearly was in the running. Do you have actual sources showing it was not? And again, what is your problem with the script? Are you Muslim? What kind of Muslim has a hatred for the Arabic script?
Apollo
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The alchemist
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Have better hopes.One can hope (Espere).
Apollo
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By the way, @The alchemist I checked out a bunch of constructed languages, and my personal favorite is Interlingua. It is basically dumbed down Latin and all Romance speakers can understand you. So ironically the most useful conlang, but it has a dead community unlike ugly Esperanto which has a semi-vibrant community. I hate Esperanto orthography and the fact it used Slavic words, combining unrelated language families isn't a good idea.
The alchemist
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Do you know where I first encountered this Esperanto language? Through George Soros, the guy speaks it fluently. The pragmatic side of me asks why waste time learning such a useless language?
Just sounds like some odd Romance language to me:
Yeah, no. I ain't switching out Germanics for some Latin pidgin.
Apollo
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It almost had a breakthrough at the league of nations (predecessor of the UN), but France cockblocked it. Globalists all like it, no wonder George Soros is/was into it. Also, I read it almost had a chance of becoming the language of Israel, since Jews did not speak Hebrew until recently there was a debate between using either Yiddish, regular German, a modernized version of ancient Hebrew (resurrecting from the dead), and even Esperanto (dude who created it was a Jew).
Apollo
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This one (Interlingua) is more purely Latin-like. Check this Spanish guy being shocked at him being able to understand it all:
The alchemist
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I would rather learn to speak with pidgins (pigeons).
Apollo
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Pigeons are cool. My mother's always loved them. I plan to build a pigeon coop on my farm out of love for hooyo.
The alchemist
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Hobbits fit better with the Irish language aesthetic or whatever the leprechauns in the rainbow speak. Elves maybe. I don't know, but I guess we're perceived differently.You already speak the language of elves and hobbits.
