Somali Orthography

Education facts

Code: SOL114

<br> The course examines and discusses the norms and traditions underlying Somali orthography and its current usage, as well as the relationship between usage and norms. Furthermore, it provides an in-depth discussion of how various resources—such as dictionaries, language manuals, and corpora—should be used and interpreted. Different writing rules and principles are addressed directly in connection with practical exercises and assignments, aimed at developing students’ ability to produce their own texts in Somali and to edit others’ texts with regard to linguistic accuracy and comprehensibility. The course is delivered online via the university’s learning platform, through lectures, seminars, discussions, and assignments. Language of instruction: Swedish and Somali when the course is offered in Swedish; English and Somali when the course is offered in English.

Entry requirements

Admission to the course requires a passing grade in both SOL111/SOL101 (Somali Grammar 1 for Native Speakers) and SOL112/SOL102 (The Somali Language Situation for Native Speakers), or in both of the earlier courses SOL110 (The Somali Language in a Contrastive Perspective) and SOL120 (Somali in the World), or an equivalent qualification

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Somali Orthography

  University of Gothenburg

  Ortsoberoende

  Start date: 18 January 2027

  End date: 6 June 2027

  Pace of study: 25 %