Nabar doogi ma haro. An old wound will not go away. This is one area where Somalis find English impoverished. The Writing System Somali has had a written form only since 1972. Because only a small segment of Somali societyyoung adults who studied Somali spelling in schoolhas thoroughly mastered Somali orthography, spelling mistakes are frequent.
Spelling errors occur frequently in the Somali press and in government reports.