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Hussein Sheikh Ahmed Kaddare
Xuseen Shiikh Axmed Kaddare
Hussein Sheikh Ahmed Kaddare ; Xuseen Shiikh Axmed Kaddare
Born	1934; Banaadir, Somalia
Died	February 1, 2015; Mogadishu, Somalia
Nationality	Somali
Occupation(s)	linguist, novelist, playwright, researcher

Hussein Sheikh Ahmed Kaddare (Somali: Xuseen Sheekh Axmed Kaddare, Arabic: حسين الشيخ أحمد كاداري; March 2 1934 – February 2015) was a Somali inventor, linguist, and researcher in Somali traditions and folklore. ^[1] Kaddare contributed his linguistic expertise in Somalia's Ministry of information.^[1]

Kaddare is widely known for creating the Kaddare script used in transcribing the Somali language.^[2]

Biography edit

Kaddare was born in the town of Adale in the Middle Shebelle region of Somalia in 1934. In 1953, he created the Kaddare script, an orthography named after him that was used to transcribe the Somali language He died on February 1, 2015, in Mogadishu after battling an unspecified illness.^[2]^[3]

Notes edit

^ ^a ^b Galaal, Musa H. I. (1970). Stars, Seasons and Weather in Somali Pastoral Traditions. p. 93.
^ ^a ^b David D. Laitin (1 May 1977). Politics, Language, and Thought: The Somali Experience. University of Chicago Press. pp. 86–87. ISBN 978-0-226-46791-7. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
^ Sahan Journal (1 February 2015). "Hussein Kaddare, one of the inventors of Somali script, dies". Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.

References edit

Galaal, Musa H. I. (1970). Stars, Seasons and Weather in Somali Pastoral Traditions. p. 93. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
David D. Laitin (1 May 1977). Politics, Language, and Thought: The Somali Experience. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-46791-7. Retrieved 2 July 2012.