Af Somali Database

[Fiidmeer]

There's nothing wrong with loanwords sxbyaal.

 

[Mighty]

Yes, I do agree with this. I also hope to see that buildings, directions and landmarks are all in af Somali. (majority is default Arabic or English).

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Abayo all direction are in somali and not Arabic.
Wagooyi = North.
Galbeed= west.
Bari = East.
Koonfur= south.

 

[Kanini]

Abayo all direction are in somali and not Arabic.
Wagooyi = North.
Galbeed= west.
Bari = East.
Koonfur= south.

Sorry, what I meant to say was things like street signs and building names

 

[Mighty]

There's nothing wrong with loanwords sxbyaal.

There is a difference between having a spanish loanword for a thing of spanish orgin and outright replacing an exciting word with a spanish word.

 

[Pastoralite]

@Samaalic Era great thread sxb

 

[Mighty]

@Samaalic Era A good way to get rid of double vowel is to mark the first vowel. Sömälia instead of Soomaaliya. It makes it way easier to read and saves space.

 

[Samaalic Era]

@Samaalic Era A good way to get rid of double vowel is to mark the first vowel. Sömälia intead of Soomaaliya. It makes it way easier to read and saves space.

All the native Somali scripts dealt with the double vowel problem. Only the Latin one has this flaw and many other flaws

 

[Mighty]

Here are some words to expand your vocabulary.
Gorgortan= Negotiation.
Mintid = Emphasize.
Noole= Creature.
Salka= bottom.
Miyir= consciousness.
Saameyn= Influence.

 

[riyaale]

The somali latin alphabets doesn't distinguish between duul=fly, duul= raid, they're of two distinct letters, they're pronounced like the د, ذ in Arabic