Kh snd Q are both pronounced the same and it’s sometimes confusing because you wouldn’t really know when to use the right one.
Is KH in Somali borrowed from Arabic or indigenous
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no, I was saying Qabiil, qabyaalad, and qaahin start with kha. I already said I meant to say Q = kha.
And are you claiming kh is completely pronounced tha. Q?
tell me how you say KH
Pretty sure Q and Kh are both pronounced Kha. And the last person I would want to hear Somali from is northern Somalis, no offense. Y’all niggas call babaay “cambe”
Like ق and خ
xisaabiye
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War kha lagu khaarijiye
I mean Q is pronounced kha or Qa if that is even a thing. For example when you’re pronouncing words like qabyaalad, you say qa-byaalad. Well if you still don’t get my point don’t even bother.
Q https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_uvular_stopWar kha lagu khaarijiye
I mean Q is pronounced kha or Qa if that is even a thing. For example when you’re pronouncing words like qabyaalad, you say qa-byaalad. Well if you still don’t get my point don’t even bother.
Kh
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_fricative
Theres sound files that can be played^
Yes qa is a thing
Post an actual sound file?Q https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_uvular_stop
Kh
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_fricative
Theres sound files that can be played^
Yes qa is a thing
it isn’t working.I’m confused as shit
@xisaabiye is Q and kh like F and ph for reer waqooyi or what?
Btw I am talking about Somali pronounction.
Remove the .m from the url so you can go on the non mobile version the it should play (assuming you are on a laptop/computer)Post an actual sound file?
I’m confused as shit
@xisaabiye is Q and kh like F and ph for reer waqooyi or what?
xisaabiye
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Post an actual sound file?
I’m confused as shit
@xisaabiye is Q and kh like F and ph for reer waqooyi or what?
Btw I am talking about Somali pronounction.
QQQQQayr ayaan kugu rajaynaya
What is so funnyQQQQQayr ayaan kugu rajaynaya
I’m just confused about Q and Kh in Somali
And it’s khayr but Qeyr still makes sense:siilaanyolaugh:
This is why I’m confused
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I wasn't talking about loan words. I noticed in somali we use the "n" as plural "t" as the action of someone else mostly a female & "Y" as a action of someone else, many times a male ex the word "idhi(singular), nidhi(plural), Tidhi(feminine), Yidhi(masculine) . Another example Tegaya(leaving singular) tegayna(leaving plural) the n is added to signify the plural
Arabic has something similar with noon being used to pluralize the the word in many cases, also the taa used for feminine & yaa used for masculine, but somalis many times differentiate the sex at the end of the word. Im probably looking to deep into it. Somali grammar & syntax is actually extremely difficult. It's a highly intelligent language.
Edit the masculine/feminine part was a stretch and not true in many cases. But the n or noon being used as plural is existent for both
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Interesting, how is it conjugated for he/she/i/they etc?
For harari the endings are:
I: kho
You: khi
He: a
We: na
You (plural): khu
They: u
Maybe it is similar with all languages in the horn. Not sure
Runta sheeg mudane bahal, doesn’t that shit just sound the same
Did you listen to what’s on the link?Runta sheeg mudane bahal, doesn’t that shit just sound the same
There is a difference between both sounds
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There is more than one language group in the Horn and I am pretty sure they are not all similar to each other with conjugations
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Q and Kh (or x as it is on IPA) are different sounds regardless of the place.
Compare k and h, and put them in the place of q and kh above^
Unless in somali its actually pronounced as baqti even though people write bakhti?...
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Im speaking on how Somalis pronounce these words.
My aunt speaks the waqooyi dialect and she pronounce that word the exact same, she just uses it in a different context than my mom would. For example she would use the word baqti where my mom would say dimi, as in turn off the light. It sounds the exact same though.
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