Hussein Sheikh Ahmed Kaddare
| Hussein Sheikh Ahmed Kaddare Xuseen Shiikh Axmed Kaddare |
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| Born | 1934 Banaadir, Somalia |
| Died | February 1, 2015 Mogadishu, Somalia |
| Nationality | Somali |
| Occupation | linguist, novelist, playwright |
Hussein Sheikh Ahmed Kaddare (Somali: Xuseen Sheekh Axmed Kaddare, February 1, 2015) was a Somali inventor.
Kaddare was born in the town of Adale in the Middle Shebelle region of Somalia in 1934 to an Abgaal Hawiye family. In 1953, he created the Kaddare script, an orthography named after him that was used to transcribe the Somali language He died on February 1, 2015 in Mogadishu after battling an unspecified illness.
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