Shire Jama Ahmed

Shire Jama Ahmed
Native name
شيري جامع أحمد
Born
Shire Jaamac Axmed

1936 (1936)
Dhusomareeb, Somalia
Died1999 (aged 62–63)
Occupationlinguist, writer
NationalityThe Republic of Somalia
CitizenshipSwedish
Alma materAl-Azhar University
SpouseJawaahir Axmed
Website
shirejama.com

Shire Jama Ahmed (Somali: Shire Jaamac Axmed, Arabic: شيري جامع أحمد; 1936-1999) was a Somali linguist and a scholar. He is notable for creating and developing of the modern Latin script for transcribing the Somali language.

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