What is the reason behind afan oromo using the latin letters instead of the geez ?
Oct 17, 2020*Afan oromo is very different from semetic languages like geez, amharic, tigrigna....so geez letters can't fully accommodate all the sounds in afan oromo(sounds like 'dh') *Plus there's gemination(yekalat metbekena melalat betam lewt yametal) that's why there are so many double letters. Be geez bihon betam yaschegral. *Geez has also been attempted gn it wasn't that effective in expressing the language fully. * there was also an indigenous oromo script called the Sapalo script created by Sheikh Bakri Sapalo(Abubakar Usman Garad) an oromo scholar, poet and religious teacher it was also attempted but wasn't effective. Finally it was decided to use Latin script or Qubee which was very effective. *one advantage is that ppl who grew up with Qubee can easily learn foreign languages bzum aychegerum bcuz they're already familiar with the letters *And btw afan oromo is also spoken in kenya,somalia, and sudan and is the 3rd largest language in africa so geez cant apply to ppl living in countries that dont know geez * i rly dont speak the language i got this info from asking someone who speaks the language so if there are any afan oromo speakers here correct me yetesasatkut neger kale😊
Oct 18, 2020