When was the Somali language first written?

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Does anyone know the first time the Somali language was written?

The only evidence i can find was in the late 19th century by Sheekh Aweys Maxamed Baraawii.

https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2010/2723

But does anyone know whether it was written earlier?

I often hear we were writing in Arabic since the 13th century but there seems to be no hard evidence for this such as tablets or books that have been translated?
 

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Does anyone know the first time the Somali language was written?

The only evidence i can find was in the late 19th century by Sheekh Aweys Maxamed Baraawii.

https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2010/2723

But does anyone know whether it was written earlier?

I often hear we were writing in Arabic since the 13th century but there seems to be no hard evidence for this such as tablets or books that have been translated?
I heard during Siad Barre? They come up with Osmanya writing system... which was invented by Osman Yusuf Kenadid/(Cuusmaan Yuusuf Keenadiid)

there was a task which was to spread it or raise an awareness of the writing scripture.. but it failed...and hence we use latin script eg. *Magacaa)
among the four scripts used which were Arabic script, borama script, kaddare script and osmanya script


Idk when Somali language was written...
 
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