Moghdishu

[Hassan Garguute Buldanana]

The video says Mugdhiso 1964 but it has to be the 70's

There was no written afsomaali in 1964

 

[Exodus]

This music tho

 

[Xasusi]

From this day I know the damage those gulf Arabs have done.

A life we could have lived

 

[EDsomali]

There was written Somali before the 1970s, the earliest Latin derived script was made in the 50s and used in South Somalia until riots broke out after people wanted a Somali made script.

 

[Grant]

There was written Somali before the 1970s, the earliest Latin derived script was made in the 50s and used in South Somalia until riots broke out after people wanted a Somali made script.

Hersi Magan Isse, Mahamuud Jama (Sifer) and Shire Jama Ahmed produced teaching materials for my Peace Corps group at Columbia in 1966. The only difference was they used H with a forward slash through it instead of X for the aspirated h. The X was Shire's addition later on.

 

[riyaale]

There was written Somali before the 1970s, the earliest Latin derived script was made in the 50s and used in South Somalia until riots broke out after people wanted a Somali made script.

if the people wanted a Somali script, how did they end up with Latin script they protested against? @Grant

 

[EDsomali]

if the people wanted a Somali script, how did they end up with Latin script they protested against? @Grant

Siad Barre and his military lol.

 

[Grant]

if the people wanted a Somali script, how did they end up with Latin script they protested against? @Grant

Barre. The PC had been practically everywhere so the Latin script was already known in many areas, and typewriters, printing were already available. It was a matter of convenience.

 

[010101]

Barre. The PC had been practically everywhere so the Latin script was already known in many areas, and typewriters, printing were already available. It was a matter of convenience.

What do you think of those inscriptions found on graves in the deep south aswell as las anod? @Grant

 

[Grant]

What do you think of those inscriptions found on graves in the deep south aswell as las anod? @Grant

Las Anod is in the North. I dont know of any Sabean inscriptions in the South except at Hamar, which are thought to be Himyarite.
Where are the ones you know and what do you think?

 

[010101]

Las Anod is in the North. I dont know of any Sabean inscriptions in the South except at Hamar, which are thought to be Himyarite.
Where are the ones you know and what do you think?

It seems there has been a sighting on a taalo in beledweyn district. I read it in a book that details a little about these inscriptions.

 

[010101]

Las Anod is in the North. I dont know of any Sabean inscriptions in the South except at Hamar, which are thought to be Himyarite.
Where are the ones you know and what do you think?

The Writing of the Somali Language: A Great Landmark in Our Revolutionary History
By Wasaaradda Warfaafinta iyo Hanuuninta Dadweynaha

pages 1-3:

"An important point which is often lost sight of is that the ancient Somalis had evolved their own script systems which existed for a considerable period in their history. Convincing historical evidence in this respect is the numerous inscriptions and rockpaintings on cave-walls, on granite rocks, old coins etc., that are found to this day in various parts of the country. Some important sites where ancient inscriptions on cave-walls exist are reported as follows:

1. Godka Xararka in Las Anod District.
2. Qubiyaaley in Las Anod District.
3. Hilayo in Las Khoray District.
4. Karin Heeggane in Las Khoray District.
5. Dhalanle in Las Khoray District.

The most noteworthy of these inscriptions are undoub- edly those found on the mysterious «Taalo Tiiriyaad». These are huge stone mounds which are dotted about in northeastern Somalia and are a veritable archaeological riddle, since it is hard to tell when and for what purpose they were constructed. Noteworthy Taalo sites are in places such as:

1. Baar Madhere in Beledweyne District.
2. Xabaalo Ambiyad in Alula District.
3. Harti Yimid in Las Anod District.

Yet, these strange edifices must have had a definite purpose. Local opinion holds that they used to serve as altars or as sorts of religious monuments in the era when nature-worship was practised in the Land; still others consider that the Taalos mark ancient graveyards in which were buried important personages — chieftains, rulers, etc. together with their personal effects. In any case, these mute sentinels could, no doubt, tell much about the country's cultural and historical past and give us a glimpse into the life-story of by-gone ages. Although it is difficult to determine what caused the ancient Somalian system of writing to disappear altogether and how long it flourished, etc., there is no doubt that the encroachment of foreign cultures had greatly contributed to its final decline and disappearance. An interesting point, however, is that this script system was apparently based on vowel sound, not a Word-Picture writing as in ancient Egypt. As generations succeeded one another and people acquired better technical and scientific knowledge there were constant reforms and improvements called forth by the new social conditions of the age. This process might have been repeated over and over again in subsequent periods in the history of the land, until the very old forms of Somalian script finally died out and were completely forgotten by later generations."

 

[MadMullah99]

I would kill to have that life back walahi