"Arabised" names but not language

balanbalis

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The majority of Somalis have Arabic names or even " Somalised” Arabic names ( e.g. Asli, jamac, abokor), and we do have some loan words that are Arabic but why was the language never adopted unlike Sudan for example? ( not complaining, I’m grateful we kept our language)
 

Doctorabdi

A nomad with no true place
The majority of Somalis have Arabic names or even " Somalised” Arabic names ( e.g. Asli, jamac, abokor), and we do have some loan words that are Arabic but why was the language never adopted unlike Sudan for example? ( not complaining, I’m grateful we kept our language)
There was never a significant amount of arabians, that migrated to somalia. In sudan. For example, arabians migrated to these regions bringing their language and mixing with the natives. Sudan especially has out of the regions, the most significant arabian admixture. Arabians and other afro-asiatic communities are paternalistic, so those arabians who mixed with local natives spoke arabic instead and then kept going.

Also, somalis are very insular even with our promixity to arabia we still regarded them as ajnabis. They were never allowed in the interior of somaliweyn unless with a somali guide, hence why minorities sticked to the coastal cities.

Arabic is indeed important, as we used it for trade and the deen. It isn't foreign per say, but it has always been the secondary language never a primary.
 
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There was never a significant amount of arabians, that migrated to somalia. In sudan. For example, arabians migrated to these regions bringing their language and mixing with the natives. Sudan especially has out of the regions, the most significant arabian admixture. Arabians and other afro-asiatic communities are paternalistic, so those arabians who mixed with local natives spoke arabic instead and then kept going.

Also, somalis are very insular even with our promixity to arabia we still regarded them as ajnabis. They were never allowed in the interior of somaliweyn unless with a somali guide, hence why minorities sticked to the coastal cities.

Arabic is indeed important, as we used it for trade and the deen. It isn't foreign per say, but it has always been the secondary language never a primary.
Sick and tired of these obsessed arab nonsense threadd and don't lie majority of Somalis have Somali and muslim names.
 

Doctorabdi

A nomad with no true place
Sick and tired of these obsessed arab nonsense threadd and don't lie majority of Somalis have Somali and muslim names.
If you are so tired of these threads, why do you keep responding to them? Most threads in the culture and history section have very little to do with arabs but instead focus either on the origins of somalis or history of somalis.

This thread is a consequence of you, you do realise that? You were the one talking about "arab" names, and what not
 
If you are so tired of these threads, why do you keep responding to them? Most threads in the culture and history section have very little to do with arabs but instead focus either on the origins of somalis or history of somalis.

This thread is a consequence of you, you do realise that? You were the one talking about "arab" names, and what not
Nope i'm calling it out you nacaas
 
They were never allowed in the interior of somaliweyn unless with a somali guide, hence why minorities sticked to the coastal cities.
Why is this a very common saying? civilized cities in the interior such as Harar Awsa Jabart Bali and others were full of arab families like bani Aqiil Bani Makhzum Balaw/Bili and Ba-Alawis..etc I don't know why this is a very widespread opinion, but it seems inaccurate .


maybe it could be applied after 17th century when the cawaan geeljire culture took over
 
The majority of Somalis have Arabic names or even " Somalised” Arabic names ( e.g. Asli, jamac, abokor), and we do have some loan words that are Arabic but why was the language never adopted unlike Sudan for example? ( not complaining, I’m grateful we kept our language)
the reason sudan "adopted" the language is because from the 15th century onwards arab tribes from the hijaz settled and conquered large parts of the country and so the language became dominant. So Sudan is similar to north africa and the middle east in that regard whereas Somalia was never saw a large scale conquest and settlement of arab tribes and is so more similar to muslim countries like Indonesia instead of Sudan
 

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