The existence of the prefix "Far" proves Somalis were literate peoples historically

[Khaemwaset]

Why else would the language have the prefix "Far" which means writing like the prefix "Af" means language/mouth.

Af-somali (Somali language)
Af-Ingriis (English language)
Af-Carabi (Arabic language) ect. We all know this.

But having far work the same way and is native to us proves literacy was a part of Somalis and known to us for a very long time.

Far-Wadaad (Wadaad's writing) - adapted Arabic script -
Far-Latin
Far-Osmanya


I keep coming across Habashi that use the argument somalis were illiterate peoples. When that's plain false. You also have historians in the 20th century like I.M Lewis who claimed somalis were a oral people only. Whilst we maintained oral history, so did everyone else. Even literate societies. It was just cope because people in Somali cities didn't trust I.M Lewis and didn't let him have access to their manuscripts so he coped by saying we were illiterate.

 

[MR.𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘]

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Why else would the language have the prefix "Far" which means writing like the prefix "Af" means language/mouth.

Af-somali (Somali language)
Af-Ingriis (English language)
Af-Carabi (Arabic language) ect. We all know this.

But having far work the same way and is native to us proves literacy was a part of Somalis and known to us for a very long time.

Far-Wadaad (Wadaad's writing) - adapted Arabic script -
Far-Latin
Far-Osmanya


I keep coming across Habashi that use the argument somalis were illiterate peoples. When that's plain false. You also have historians in the 20th century like I.M Lewis who claimed somalis were a oral people only. Whilst we maintained oral history, so did everyone else. Even literate societies. It was just cope because people in Somali cities didn't trust I.M Lewis and didn't let him have access to their manuscripts so he coped by saying we were illiterate.

Why did Somalis allow a dead Scottish man to write about our history

 

[Cartan Boos]

The Somalis were the only civilized people in East Africa

https://x.com/artsomali/status/1707416756057223575?s=20

 

[Khaemwaset]

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Why did Somalis allow a dead Scottish man to write about our history

No clue, but somalis severely fucked up by not taking control of the historical narrative. By letting Shisheeye with an agenda write about us we have taken a major hit.

Somali Scholars need to reverse this damage to our history.

 

[Internet Nomad]

The Somalis were the only civilized people in East Africa

https://x.com/artsomali/status/1707416756057223575?s=20

What does it say

 

[Khaemwaset]

What does it say

𐒖𐒁𐒖 𐒓𐒖𐒈 𐒓𐒖𐒇𐒕𐒖

 

[Internet Nomad]

𐒖𐒁𐒖 𐒓𐒖𐒈 𐒓𐒖𐒇𐒕𐒖

Nigga is that the floater things that people see in their eyes

Never knew people made it into a language

 

[Khaemwaset]

Nigga is that the floater things that people see in their eyes

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Never knew people made it into a language

Aint no way.

Horners just have the weirdest writings.
Ge'ez looks like blocks ጠንቃቃ

Far Boroma/Gadabuursi

Far Kaddare/Abgaal​

 

[Cartan Boos]

What does it say

it says what i said, somali being the most civilized and urbanised, somali having multiple stone cities with walls

 

[Internet Nomad]

Aint no way.

Horners just have the weirdest writings.
Ge'ez looks like blocks ጠንቃቃ

Far Boroma/Gadabuursi View attachment 297464

Far Kaddare/Abgaal​

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Far boorma just looks like a tesco brand latin.

and Far Kaddare looks like it belongs in a scifi movie.

 

[ibrahym]

it says what i said, somali being the most civilized and urbanised, somali having multiple stone cities with walls

No, it is a text from Ibn Battuta’s journey that mentions the creativity of the people of Mogadishu in the textile or clothing industries. It says that these textiles or clothing coming from Mogadishu are unparalleled in perfection.

 

[ibrahym]

I keep coming across Habashi that use the argument somalis were illiterate peoples. When that's plain false.

Ethiopian writing resulted from the colonization of the Yemeni Kingdom of Saba

 

[Khaemwaset]

Ethiopian writing resulted from the colonization of the Yemeni Kingdom of Saba

It comes from Sabeans script yes

 

[MR.𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘]

Aint no way.

Horners just have the weirdest writings.
Ge'ez looks like blocks ጠንቃቃ

Far Boroma/Gadabuursi View attachment 297464

Far Kaddare/Abgaal​

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[BetterDaysAhead]

Ancient stone tablet written in wadaad

we’ll probably find more of these and possibly older Somali scripts when we do more archaeological excavations around the country

 

[Basra]

Why else would the language have the prefix "Far" which means writing like the prefix "Af" means language/mouth.

Af-somali (Somali language)
Af-Ingriis (English language)
Af-Carabi (Arabic language) ect. We all know this.

But having far work the same way and is native to us proves literacy was a part of Somalis and known to us for a very long time.

Far-Wadaad (Wadaad's writing) - adapted Arabic script -
Far-Latin
Far-Osmanya


I keep coming across Habashi that use the argument somalis were illiterate peoples. When that's plain false. You also have historians in the 20th century like I.M Lewis who claimed somalis were a oral people only. Whilst we maintained oral history, so did everyone else. Even literate societies. It was just cope because people in Somali cities didn't trust I.M Lewis and didn't let him have access to their manuscripts so he coped by saying we were illiterate.

huuno that is magical wishful thinking! Somalis were always illeterate upto 1970s

 

[Khaemwaset]

huuno that is magical wishful thinking! Somalis were always illeterate upto 1970s

So illiterate we couldn't read and write the Quran

So illiterate chinese sailors wrote these Far wadaad stone tablet in the 1300s

 

[Basra]

So illiterate we couldn't read and write the Quran

So illiterate chinese sailors wrote these Far wadaad stone tablet in the 1300s

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The English to me are a marvel. Their commitment to writing and early publishing should be respected!