Osmanya script

Osmanya
𐒍𐒖𐒇𐒂𐒖 π’‹π’˜π’ˆπ’‘π’›π’’π’•π’–
Typewriter with Osmanya letters, from British Somaliland
Script type
CreatorOsman Yusuf Kenadid
Published
1920–1922
Period
c. 1922 β€“ c. 1972, some current interest
DirectionLeft-to-right 
LanguagesSomali language
ISO 15924
ISO 15924Osma (260), ​Osmanya
Unicode
Unicode alias
Osmanya
U+10480–U+104AF

Osmanya (Farta Cismaanya, 𐒍𐒖𐒇𐒂𐒖 π’‹π’˜π’ˆπ’‘π’›π’’π’•π’–), known in Somali as Far Soomaali (𐒍𐒖𐒇 π’ˆπ’π’‘π’›π’π’˜, "Somali writing") and in Arabic as al-kitābah al-ΚΏuthmānΔ«yah (Ψ§Ω„ΩƒΨͺΨ§Ψ¨Ψ© Ψ§Ω„ΨΉΨ«Ω…Ψ§Ω†ΩŠΨ©; "Osman writing"), is an alphabetic script created to transcribe the Somali language. It was invented by Osman Yusuf Kenadid, the son of Sultan Yusuf Ali Kenadid and brother of Sultan Ali Yusuf Kenadid of the Sultanate of Hobyo. Material written in the script is 'almost non-existent,' so it is difficult to describe its use with certainty.

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