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31: 197:. I.M. Lewis (1958) considers this to be the most accurate Arabic script to have been devised for the Somali language. Despite this, Galal's script was highly controversial and generally rejected, as the idea of introducing brand new letters was considered too much of a deviation from the Arabic Script. 157:
and the creation of Galaal script, a controversial standardized Somali Arabic script which is the only instance where new letters were introduced to an Arabic script with no relation to any of the existing letters.
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Sheikh, Ahmed. “Somali with Arabic Script – a Linguistic Historical Study (Somaliska Med Arabisk Skrift – En Språkhistorisk Studie).” Gothenburg University Publications Electronic Archive, Winter 2019.
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systems. He devoted two major works to traditional Somali science, both of which are regarded as classics in
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A Pastoral Democracy: A Study of Pastoralism and Politics Among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa
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A prolific writer, Galal was also among the foremost authorities on the Somali
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to Somalists whose work on Somali history and culture has earned distinction.
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The Terminology and Practice of Somali Weather Lore, Astronomy, and Astrology
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The terminology and practice of Somali weather lore, astronomy, and astrology
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The terminology and practice of Somali weather lore, astronomy, and astrology
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https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/handle/2077/63249/gupea_2077_63249_1.pdf
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In his honour, the Somali Studies Association periodically presents the
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Journal of African languages A Somali Poetic Combat - III
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Stars, Seasons and Weather in Somali Pastoral Traditions
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Stars, seasons and weather in Somali pastoral traditions
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Stars, seasons and weather in Somali pastoral traditions
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Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
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Index


Burao
British Somaliland
Linguist
historian
Somali
Arabic
Somali
polymath
Somali Latin alphabet
Burao
Habar Jeclo
Isaaq
Wadaad's script
Arabic script
Afro-Asiatic
Somali language
Somali vowels
Somali Latin alphabet
B. W. Andrzejewski
Shire Jama Ahmed
astrological
meteorological
calendrical
Somali Studies
Somali poetry
Salaan Carrabey
Osman Yusuf Kenadid
Shire Jama Ahmed
Salaan Carrabey

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