Shire Jama Ahmed

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.

Shire Jama Ahmed
Native name
شيري جامع أحمد
BornShire Jaamac Axmed
1936 (1936)
Dhusomareeb, Somalia
Died1999 (aged 6263)
Occupationlinguist, writer
NationalityThe Republic of Somalia
CitizenshipSwedish
Alma materAl-Azhar University
SpouseJawaahir Axmed
Website
shirejama.com
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