https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIbIewxHQrk
Saki Mafundikwa: ingenuity and elegance in ancient African alphabets

i havent watched the video yet bro. But I will.

I know that some early west african tribes used writing systems similar to heiroglyphs of ancient egypt (symbolism).

And I also like how ethiopians have still their own writing system unique to them. Thats pretty tight.

*Kails*:
i havent watched the video yet bro. But I will.

I know that some early west african tribes used writing systems similar to heiroglyphs of ancient egypt (symbolism).

And I also like how ethiopians have still their own writing system unique to them. Thats pretty tight.

its just amahari that have the writing system you are refering to, others have different systems and some don't or use arabic like the somalis before somalis started to use latin.

*Kails*:
i havent watched the video yet bro. But I will.

I know that some early west african tribes used writing systems similar to heiroglyphs of ancient egypt (symbolism).

And I also like how ethiopians have still their own writing system unique to them. Thats pretty tight.

It's easy to think Egyptian writing is 'symbolism', but its actually writing which can be used to write utterances.

somalia11:


its just amahari that have the writing system you are refering to, others have different systems and some don't or use arabic like the somalis before somalis started to use latin.

true that.
i should have been specific.

i also know somalis had their own writing system
why did you guys switch?

ezeagu:

It's easy to think Egyptian writing is 'symbolism', but its actually writing which can be used to write utterances.

i know dear.
what about igbo people?

do you guys have your own writing system/s?

*i still haven't watched the video yet*

*Kails*:


true that.
i should have been specific.

i also know somalis had their own writing system
why did you guys switch?

it wasnt practiced by everyone, some used arabic , so in 1970 we picked a language that was easier and could also be easily used, latin, with some changes in certain letters.

every keyboard has latin letters. every amaharis use latin letters , when they wrote online

somalia11:

it wasnt practiced by everyone, some used arabic , so in 1970 we picked a language that was easier and could also be easily used, latin, with some changes in certain letters.

every keyboard has latin letters. every amaharis use latin letters , when they wrote online

Ahhhh ok I see.

*Kails*:


Ahhhh ok I see.

found out miss somalia, won miss africa in utah this week, as you know the ethiopian came in second place , every where we go, ethiopians want to know, where we go, so we tell them just follow us little short midget.

somalia11:

found out miss somalia, won miss africa in utah this week, as you know the ethiopian came in second place , every where we go, ethiopians want to know, where we go, so we tell them just follow us little short midget.

She deserved the title.
She's a cutie

And quit hating on ethiopians lol
some somalis are short too.

*Kails*:


She deserved the title.
She's a cutie

And quit hating on ethiopians lol
some somalis are short too.

those mixed with ethiopians, never saw a grown somali man under 5' 11


yeah shes cute,

what do you think of this girl pretending to be somali in a miss africa pageant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Iet7P7x0mE

Lol one somali babe I had a conversation with was short.
I could see over her head and I am sure she and I are the same age. But you have a point tho because the other somalis I have met were mad tall..

Anyway, how do you know this jasmine girl is not half somali? That might be why she decided to rep somalia.

*Kails*:
Lol one somali babe I had a conversation with was short.
I could see over her head and I am sure she and I are the same age. But you have a point tho because the other somalis I have met were mad tall..

Anyway, how do you know this jasmine girl is not half somali? That might be why she decided to rep somalia.

i dont know if shes half somali, but she look like she is black, dont know any somalis that age that are half black, she looks like a light skin black. and her accent is black too.

she knows little about somalia, i feel like she went in to rep a country so she could win. but that was in 2011, the real somali girl won in 2013.

*Kails*:


true that.
i should have been specific.

i also know somalis had their own writing system
why did you guys switch?

Igbo people as a whole didn't have writing, but there is one known as a proto-writing system known as nsibidi and was used by eastern Igbo groups and over into western Cameroon. There were some other interesting symbolic signs that showed potential as writing but none as developed as nsibidi.

somalia11:

i dont know if shes half somali, but she look like she is black, dont know any somalis that age that are half black, she looks like a light skin black. and her accent is black too.

she knows little about somalia, i feel like she went in to rep a country so she could win. but that was in 2011, the real somali girl won in 2013.

Lol @ the subliminal messages in this response.

ezeagu:

Igbo people as a whole didn't have writing, but there is one known as a proto-writing system known as nsibidi and was used by eastern Igbo groups and over into western Cameroon. There were some other interesting symbolic signs that showed potential as writing but none as developed as nsibidi.

Oh ok I see.
I see I need to do more research about nsibidi.

You guys should look up the Bassa script..

could you educate us and post some info about it?