Af maay history
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I never understood the fixation of Maxaa Tiri being solely nomadic, when originally we were originally all agropastoralist unless forced to be nomadic due to climate, and wouldn't a mobile group have more complexitity, the more you know of standard Somali the more you can pick out from Af Maay.
I assumed Rendilles were the first to leave at the proto somali stage, between 5-1st century BCE.
Af Maay speakers split between 5th century AD I believe.
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I assumed Rendilles were the first to leave at the proto somali stage, between 5-1st century BCE.
Af Maay speakers split between 5th century AD I believe.
Good read
This graph shows the split, jiddo is in fact the one that split the earliest, even before rendille, af may and af maaxa tiri are the most closely related of the somaloid languages and thy probably completely split only a thousand years ago.
But modern day the vast majority of maxa tiri speakers are nomadic though, and Maya speakers are majority agropastortalist or even agricultural fully.
