Somalia still lacked a settled written script for its language in 1957

Evidence

The latter group was reinforced by conservatives who were offended by the prime minister’s suggestion that the Somali language should be transliterated to the Latin alphabet. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 347

Categorization

• QUESTION: Latin vs Arabic script debate for Somali would culminate in the 1972 decision — worth tracing how this 1957 contest prefigured it.
• XREF: Connects to the wider decolonization-era contest between Latin and Arabic scripts across post-colonial Africa and Asia.