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Northern Ireland Somali Association (NISA), 185a Ormeau Road Belfast BT7 1SQ +442890200792/+447454775666 

NI ​Charity Number: 106876

Adnan Hussein Tel: +447454775666

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Celebrating the 45th anniversary 

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Date: 21 January 2017


Address: Shaftesbury  Recreation  Center 


A number of writing systems have been used over the years to transcribe the Somali language. Of these, the Somali Latin alphabet is the most widely used. It has been the official writing script in Somalia since the Supreme Revolutionary Council formally introduced it in  1972, and was disseminated through a nationwide rural literacy campaign.

It uses all letters of the English Latin alphabet except p, v and z, and has 21 consonants and 5 vowels.