Ancient city found!
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This want part of Ethiopia, they only came in the 19th century, this is part of somaliweyn not SomaliaI expected it to be an ancient city found in Somalia.
While this is interesting I can't help feling disappointed
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You sure?
It looks like this city is just outside the Somali region, but only barely.
You have a point tho
The oromos moved in recentlyYou sure?
It looks like this city is just outside the Somali region, but only barely.
You have a point tho
So?
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Its In somalia, just not in the white mans borders.I expected it to be an ancient city found in Somalia.
While this is interesting I can't help feling disappointed
Somalia is not in Africa as well
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This is true
Harlas weren't hereri, but most likely a Cushitic people. Also 10th century CE is not ancient but medieval.
Bro, Darood genealogy is about reliable as a brothers Grimm tale. I don't think we should use Somali clan history as a reference for actual history.
Somali geneolagy is far more fluid than people realize. I think it's pretty plausiable some Harla became somalizied and joined the clan of their allies, especially since Geri Koombe were documented to have played a major role in the war and conveniently there's now a Xarla Koombe clan
Interesting. Apparently there is a local myth, that claims that the Harla people were giants. If that is the case, I doubt we were ever related to them at any point, because Hararis are generally short af.
I found this interesting:
https://www.revolvy.com/topic/Zay people&item_type=topic
"Zay people
The Zay are a small ethnic group of about 5,000 people in Ethiopia. They are also known as the Laqi. They live on the islands of Lake Zway, south of Addis Ababa, and engage mainly in fishing. The Zay language belongs to the Southern branch of the Ethiopian Semitic language family and is closely related to the languages spoken by the neighboring Gurage ethnic group. The Zay belong to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.
Local tradition suggests that the Zay people comprise three streams of people that populated the islands of Lake Ziway between the early 14th and the mid-17th centuries.[1] It is believed that the Zay people spoke the ancient Harla language.[2] The Zay economy is mainly based on subsistence agriculture and traditional fishing.[1] The Zay people cultivate maize, sorghum, finger millet, teff, pepper and barley, and raise cattle, goats, sheep, donkeys and chicken.[1] Island dwellers use papyrus boats for transport, while those on the shore use donkeys and horses.[1] Common health issues include malaria, schistosomiasis, diarrhoea and respiratory diseases.[1] The Zay people generally have limited access to modern health care and primarily rely on medicinal plants, although (as elsewhere in the country) environmental and cultural factors threaten both medicinal plants and traditional medical knowledge.[1]
See also
- Zeila, Ancient port of Harla based Adal Sultanate
- Giday, Mirutse (2001). "An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the Zay people in Ethiopia" (PDF). CBM:s skriftserie. 3: 81–99. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
- Braukamper, Ulrich. Islamic History and Culture in South Ethiopia. LITverlag. p. 18. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
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It says both that the Zay language is Southern Ethiopian Semitic and that the Adal Sultanate was Harla based with a port at Zeila. It does not necessarily say Harla is related to Gurage. Anybody have more or better info?
The Harla language is said elsewhere to be similar to the secret languages of both the Yibir and Gaboye. Any more info?
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