Sorabe or Sora-be (سُرَبِ, Malagasy pronunciation:) is an abjad based on Arabic, formerly used to transcribe the Malagasy language (belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian language family) and the Antemoro Malagasy dialect, dating from the 15th century.

In the 17th century when the French set up Fort-Dauphin (now Tôlan̈aro) in the south of Magagascar, they noticed that the Malagasy people were using a version of the Arabic alphabet known as Sorabe to write their language. This was used mainly for astrological and magical texts, and it is thought to have been in use since the 15th century.

Le sorabe (autonyme : serbšćina, en allemand : Sorbisch) est une langue slave. Langue des anciens Slaves de l' Elbe , les Sorabes , établis dans l'est de l' Allemagne au VI e siècle, elle est encore parlée aujourd'hui en Lusace , province historique à cheval sur les Länder de Saxe et de Brandebourg , par quelque 45 000 locuteurs.

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Sorabe, or Sora be, is an alphabet based on Arabic used to transcribe the Malagasy language (belonging to the Malayo Polynesian language family) and the Antemoro Malagasy dialect in particular dating from the 7th century.

Dec 14, 2021 · Sorabe was there before, but it was only known and used by a selected few—the elite—while the Latin alphabet is for everyone to use. Ranavalona, the illiterate and philistine successor of Radama, for all the horror we know about …

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Sorabe o Sora-be (سُرَبِ, Pronunciación malgache: [suˈrabe]) es un abyad de origen árabe que antiguamente se utilizaba para transcribir el idioma malgache (perteneciente a la familia de lenguas malayo-polinesias) y el dialecto malgache antemoro, que data del siglo XV.

Sorabe, or Sora-be, is an alphabet based on Arabic used to transcribe the Malagasy language (belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian language family) and the Antemoro Malagasy dialect in particular dating from the 15th century.

Aug 19, 2023 · Sora-be or Sorbian is an alphabet of Arabic origin adapted to transcribe the languages of southeastern Madagascar, in particular Antemoro