Which Somali accent is your favorite?

[nomashquul]

Its a pretty large state to be fair. Id like to think its one dialect with sub categories. I think its more to do with region rather than clans. When I went to xamar I couldn’t understand a word people were saying genuinely. it was like they were speaking a whole different language

you went to somali capital and could understand the somali spoken there. i do'nt think you went to xamar maybe baydhabo.

 

[aarkamudug]

The northern regions have the best accent.
So Waqooyi, Puntland.
They are clear and pleasant to hear.

There’s no puntland accent reer bari speak diff to reer mudug and vice versa

 

[Magan Joseph]

We really dont have reer gableed as we were poetical rivals back in the day but if you're a konfuria cagdheerian sxb I got some bad news for u.

God forbid I’m not

 

[Mudug_gyal]

you went to somali capital and could understand the somali spoken there. i do'nt think you went to xamar maybe baydhabo.

I was in xamar uhuh

 

[Magan Joseph]

The northern regions have the best accent.
So Waqooyi, Puntland.
They are clear and pleasant to hear.

If its centred to Somalia I like the iidoor dialects I would understand certain words without even asking them and it’s funny as well but if we’re talking about the entire peninsula then it’s the Ogaden galti dialect that’s my favourite. I had an iidoor friend once, he would spit on the ground and yell and LITERALLY mock everything that moves. Those are characteristics of the average Ogaden nomaddude reminded me of my galti ancestors

 

[nomashquul]

I was in xamar uhuh

so you can't understand the somali these people are speaking?

 

[Mudug_gyal]

so you can't understand the somali these people are speaking?

I can understand the ones in the vid perfectly. Not like i heard in xamar at all but since its the capital theres diverse accents i guess

 

[Cartan Boos]

Xamar accent on woman, northern accent on men, that how thing should be

 

[Shangani]

Xamar Weyna, Shingani, Merca, Afgooye, Barawa, rest of shabaleedha Hoosa.

 

[Cartan Boos]

Xamar Weyna, Shingani, Merca, Afgooye, Barawa, rest of shabaleedha Hoosa.

Love y'all accent especially on woman

 

[Interested]

Everyone from Mudug and up sound the same no?

 

[Midwestern]

Puntland being the largest state in Somalia has also different accents. My favorite is the one that ends with niin or aan in almost every sentence.

 

[CABDULWALI XASAN.]

Reer xamar has a lot of foreign words

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Only Isaaqs and Dhulos are able to speak in the Ogaden dialect they’re the ONLY two Somali clans who are able to the guy below reciting the poem is idoor.

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Galbeed vs Waqooyi dialects

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Dir dialect vs Waqooyi

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The Degoodi dialect is too aggressive.

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I have mixture of Waqooyi n Ogaden

 

[cukaashe]

gotta be xamar accent, no bias

mudug accent for men, xamar accent for women. hearing a woman speak waqooyi accent is like sexual assault to my ears

 

[Baarisiyomoos]

What kind of poetry have you discovered for you to conclude that af maay is compatible with gabay somali?

this is the most shocking post I’ve read since I registered on this web

Don’t diss af maay is beautiful it sounds like honey

 

[vanilla]

Djibouti accent because they can speak French



hearing them mix Somali and French together makes me forget how to walk because I go weak on the knees

 

[Wonyluvr]

Xamar Weyna, Shingani, Merca, Afgooye, Barawa, rest of shabaleedha Hoosa.

You should of said Xamar instead of the districts only

 

[Shangani]

You should of said Xamar instead of the districts only

not everyone in xamar speaks the same

 

[Wonyluvr]

not everyone in xamar speaks the same

Yeah because not everyone is from there originally.What do people from Afgooye sound like and why did Shabellaha dhexe get singled out

 

[Wonyluvr]

But wait like @Shangani said I think Xamar and Merca are the best also Af May May