Nationality Somali | ||
Born 1934 Banaadir, Somalia Occupation linguist, novelist, playwright Died 1 February 2015, Mogadishu, Somalia | ||
Hussein Sheikh Ahmed Kaddare (Somali: Xuseen Sheekh Axmed Kaddare, February 1, 2015) was a Somali inventor.
Biography
Kaddare was born in the town of Adale in the Middle Shebelle region of Somalia in 1934 to an Abgaal Hawiye family. 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.
References
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