Some Somali children are ashamed to speak their mother tongue

[Aliluu]

Alxamdulillah I know how to read, write and speak Somali..fluently..
And I was raised in the west...

I hate speaking English to people who know Somali, I even speak English to my Somali friends who don't know Somali to help them out.

But all in all, I dislike speaking English to Somalis whether they can speak the language or not.

 

[Kanye]

Even if you say no there are only few others to choose from

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I'll refrain from commenting on it but I'm curious what @DiricLover thinks I am

 

[MARAQ DIGAAG]

My point was not related to the natural loss of language over a period of time with regards to diaspora communities . This is a phenomena which even happens to Somali clans who settled with Oromo.

The examples I gave were more pertinent to second generation Somalis -who claim to not even speak one word of Somali or jumped out from my their seats ,rather defensively ,when I mentioned the Somali language .one girl with the surname Warsame claimed that she was not even ethnically Somali,but Djiboutian and did not even know what magacaa meant .another somali boy said that "my mother speaks that ,not me ".

The responses on this somalispot do not explain why the Algerian Berber boy of a similar age to the Somali boy , can At least have a conversation with his parents in berber and French yet the Somali boy claims complete ignorance of Somali . We are not talking about a diaspora community who have been here for 300 years .let us get things into perspective ..

When Children of Somali origin ,a very insular community than most , are claiming complete ignorance of their tongue and then most of their peers are at least conversational in their mother tongue ,there is ,fellows and fellowetes ,something deeper and more profound at play here. There is a big difference between: 1. Genuinely not knowing something 2.feinging ignorance 3.not wanting to know .

 

[Inactive]

Somali kids rather speak Arabic, except of course they can't speak Arabic

 

[DiricLover]

I'll refrain from commenting on it but I'm curious what @DiricLover thinks I am

I think u are Ciidagale

 

[dhegdheer]

That's actually one of the easiest things about Af-Soomaali.

just get ur double and single vowels straight, i think that's the main thing that trips ppl up. other than that just spell it out how u think it sounds and u should be good. for example:

qaado = spoon

qado = lunch

or

geri = giraffe (i think )

geeri = death

anything with an elongated vowel sound should have 2 of that vowel basically

I learned how to write and read Somali in 2011. It's really easy basically English but even more simple since words are written the exact same way as they are said unlike English

That's easy stuff what I do struggle with however is d and dh both with writing and speaking you gotta roll your tongue to say dhuuso or dhameer

Oh woow thanks guys, it does make sense when you lot explain it to me lmao

It's easier if I say the word out loud before spelling, hmm inan inaan

The dh and d was another tricky one, the roll your tongue tip is a good one, cheers

 

[Galaeri]

I think u are Ciidagale

Your a wizard if that is true.

 

[CitrusFlower]

My point was not related to the natural loss of language over a period of time with regards to diaspora communities . This is a phenomena which even happens to Somali clans who settled with Oromo.

The examples I gave were more pertinent to second generation Somalis -who claim to not even speak one word of Somali or jumped out from my their seats ,rather defensively ,when I mentioned the Somali language .one girl with the surname Warsame claimed that she was not even ethnically Somali,but Djiboutian and did not even know what magacaa meant .another somali boy said that "my mother speaks that ,not me ".

The responses on this somalispot do not explain why the Algerian Berber boy of a similar age to the Somali boy , can At least have a conversation with his parents in berber and French yet the Somali boy claims complete ignorance of Somali . We are not talking about a diaspora community who have been here for 300 years .let us get things into perspective ..

When Children of Somali origin ,a very insular community than most , are claiming complete ignorance of their tongue and then most of their peers are at least conversational in their mother tongue ,there is ,fellows and fellowetes ,something deeper and more profound at play here. There is a big difference between: 1. Genuinely not knowing something 2.feinging ignorance 3.not wanting to know .

Are you talking about those people who CAN speak Somali but act like they can't. Well, they are either ashamed of being Somali or they have an inferiority complex..both are quite sad.

Smh our culture can be weak sometimes!!!

 

[dhegdheer]

@Kanye just outted himself as a lander I gotchu brother

I think u are Ciidagale

Lmaooo I was wondering wtf qando was? like isn't it malqacad

 

[rabshole]

My point was not related to the natural loss of language over a period of time with regards to diaspora communities . This is a phenomena which even happens to Somali clans who settled with Oromo.

The examples I gave were more pertinent to second generation Somalis -who claim to not even speak one word of Somali or jumped out from my their seats ,rather defensively ,when I mentioned the Somali language .one girl with the surname Warsame claimed that she was not even ethnically Somali,but Djiboutian and did not even know what magacaa meant .another somali boy said that "my mother speaks that ,not me ".

The responses on this somalispot do not explain why the Algerian Berber boy of a similar age to the Somali boy , can At least have a conversation with his parents in berber and French yet the Somali boy claims complete ignorance of Somali . We are not talking about a diaspora community who have been here for 300 years .let us get things into perspective ..

When Children of Somali origin ,a very insular community than most , are claiming complete ignorance of their tongue and then most of their peers are at least conversational in their mother tongue ,there is ,fellows and fellowetes ,something deeper and more profound at play here. There is a big difference between: 1. Genuinely not knowing something 2.feinging ignorance 3.not wanting to know .

I cant speak for other ethnic groups but alot of somali parents use their kids as a way to better their English/ whatever country's language they reside in, often resulting in little use of somali at home. a sad reality really when you look ar it because they're somewhat trying to integrate. wanting to get a job and provide a good means for their families as fast as possible and when they realise something went wrong after settling in well its already too late because the kids are at the rebellious age.
I don't want to jump to conclusion but the kids might pick up on this and interpret their mother tongue as a tool out of its place and deem it useless.

 

[cantspeak]

Aniga af somaali fiican wan ku handli karaa iyo europe an ku dhaladey. Sida loo qoro af somaaliga iyo sida loo aqrigo aniga is barey. It's never too late to learn

How'd you self teach?

 

[Kanye]

I think u are Ciidagale

@Kanye just outted himself as a lander I gotchu brother


Lmaooo I was wondering wtf qando was? like isn't it malqacad

@rabshole

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[DiricLover]

@rabshole

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so ur not a lander?

 

[Kanye]

so ur not a lander?

Nope

 

[Mudug-Madman]

What the f*ck is qando and malqacad? It's qaado you weirdos.

 

[CitrusFlower]

How'd you self teach?

 

[Mudug-Madman]

How long before he gets himself a Xalimo?

 

[Kanye]

Now let me explain the remaining 25%
Minority 5% ( yibir, midgaan etc. )
Daarod 10% ( dhulbahante, warsangeli )
10% ( northern Dir )

You're still wrong. At this rate you might as well start compiling a list of all the clans and their respective sub-clans

 

[rabshole]

You're still wrong. At this rate you might as well start compiling a list of all the clans and their respective sub-clans

Waryaa i did not type midgaan i said madhibaan. Are you doing this on purpose to disgrace me

 

[ethan bradberry]

I can understand Somali but I can't speak it, I tried learning it when I went to djibouti but my grandparents just laughed at my shit Somali.