Skip to content

Galmudug marks 43rd Anniversary of Somali Language Script

Storyline:National News

43rd anniversary of Somali language script ceremony was held for the first time in Adado town on Thursday.

Galmudug ministry of education has organized the ceremony which was attended by Galmudug leaders, district commissioners and civil society.

Speaking at the ceremony, Galmudug Education minister, Abshir Abdi said the only way to develop Somali language is to educate Somali children the importance of their mother tongue.

Somali is the national language of Somalia. It is also spoken in Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Kenya, as well as by Somali communities in Diaspora.

This anniversary comes a time the most comprehensive Somali dictionary is available at the markets, regional academy dedicated to study and preserve Somali language is active.

Hundred of Somali language websites, and television stations, radios and newspapers use Somali language on a daily basis.

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and his Djibouti counterpart Ismael Omar Gelleh last year laid the foundation stone for the Somali Language and Research Academy. Today the two leaders are meeting in Mogadishu to review the year’s developments.

In October 1972 the Somali script, based on the Somali Latin alphabet, was standardised and introduced as the Official Somali Language Script.