Somali

Somali consonants76
labial alveolar post-
alveolar		 velar uvular epiglottal laryngeal
nasal /m/ ⟨m⟩
𐒑		 /n̥, n/ ⟨n⟩
𐒒
stop /b̥/ ⟨b⟩
𐒁		 /d̥/ ⟨d⟩
𐒆		 /ᶑ/ ⟨dh⟩
𐒊		 /g̊/ ⟨g⟩
𐒌		 /q/ ⟨q⟩
𐒎		 /ʡ/ ⟨c⟩
𐒋		 /ʔ/ ⟨ʼ⟩
𐒀
/tʰ/ ⟨t⟩
𐒂		 /tʃ/ ⟨j⟩
𐒃		 /kʰ/ ⟨k⟩
𐒏
fricative /f/ ⟨f⟩
𐒍		 /s/ ⟨s⟩
𐒈		 /ʃ/ ⟨sh⟩
𐒉		 /χ/ ⟨kh⟩
𐒅		 /ʜ/ ⟨x⟩
𐒄		 /h/ ⟨h⟩
𐒔
approximant /r̥, r/ ⟨r⟩
𐒇
/w/ ⟨w⟩
𐒓		 /l̥, l/ ⟨l⟩
𐒐		 /j/ ⟨y⟩
𐒕

Somali vowels76
front back
high /ɪ, i/ ⟨i⟩
𐒘		 /u, ɯ/ ⟨u⟩
𐒚		 short
/ɪː, iː/ ⟨ii⟩
(𐒕)		 /uː, ɯː ⟨uu⟩
(𐒓)		 long
mid /ɛ, e/ ⟨e⟩
𐒗		 /ɔ, ɤ/ ⟨o⟩
𐒙		 short
/ɛː, eː/ ⟨ee⟩
𐒜		 /ɔː, ɤː/ ⟨oo⟩
𐒝		 long
low /a, æ/ ⟨a⟩
𐒖		 short
/aː, æː/ ⟨aa⟩
𐒛		 long

References

  1. Unicode Character Code Charts. unicode.org.
    1. Osmanya.” unicode.org.
  2. WG2 Document Registry, Unicode® Technical Committee Document Registry, unicode.org, unicode.org.
    1. Michael Everson. Proposal to encode the Osmanya script in Plane 1 of the UCS. 1999-01-215, N1948, L2/99-063, unicode.org, unicode.org, unicode.org.
    2. Michael Everson. Revised proposal to encode the Osmanya script in the SMP of the UCS.
      1. 2001-06-12, N1948, L2/01-271, unicode.org, unicode.org.
      2. 2001-07-14, N1948R, L2/01-284, unicode.org, unicode.org.
  3. The Unicode® Standard: Version 16.0 – Core Specification. 2024-09-10, unicode.org.
    1. “Osmanya.” unicode.org.
  4. Osmanya [Osma]. ScriptSource, SIL International, scriptsource.org.
  5. Noto Osmanya. Google, github.com.
  6. Mauro Tosco. Somali writings. Afrikanistik online, Vol. 2010, hbz-nrw.de, academia.edu, uniroma3.it.
  7. Christopher R. Green. Somali Grammar. De Gruyter Mouton, 2021, doi.org.