Edna Aden is a sicckk women

[Sophisticate]

If she wants to play that game, you could further subdivide the North and Galbeed into their own micro-cultures and sub-dialects.

 

[Garaad Awal]

If she wants to play that game, you could further subdivide the North and Galbeed into their own micro-cultures and sub-dialects.

Af-Maxaa aka Somali has two dialects: Northern Somali & Benadiri Somali, no one is denying there are different dialects of Northern Somali.

While Somalia has Northern Somali,Benadiri Somali, various dialects of Af-Maay, Swahili dialects such as Chimwini & Bajuni, Bantu languages like Musuhunguli etc. Half of Somalia’s population doesn’t even speak a Somali dialect as a first language yet the two clans that dominate Somalians deny their minorities their rights.

 

[Sophisticate]

Af-Maxaa aka Somali has two dialects: Northern Somali & Benadiri Somali, no one is denying there are different dialects of Northern Somali.

While Somalia has Northern Somali,Benadiri Somali, various dialects of Af-Maay, Swahili dialects such as Chimwini & Bajuni, Bantu languages like Musuhunguli etc. Half of Somalia’s population doesn’t even speak a Somali dialect as a first language yet the two clans that dominate Somalians deny their minorities their rights.

They definitely have more linguistic diversity in the deep south (especially the more ravine areas). That is undeniable. I just assumed that it was mostly minority groups that spoke more divergent Swahili-like languages. Af Maay is difficult to comprehend but more comprehensible. There is debate as to whether it is a dialect or language of its own. I understand it is a divergent dialect of the same language with lexical, phonological and morphological variations.

 

[galhareeri]

They definitely have more linguistic diversity in the deep south (especially the more ravine areas). That is undeniable. I just assumed that it was mostly minority groups that spoke more divergent Swahili-like languages. Af Maay is difficult to comprehend but more comprehensible. There is debate as to whether it is a dialect or language of its own. I understand it is a divergent dialect of the same language with lexical, phonological and morphological variations.

Its only barawani who js speak that twisted swahili and okey should we say its diversity given barawanis are only negligible pplenot even 10000 of them

 

[Angelina]

Af-Maxaa aka Somali has two dialects: Northern Somali & Benadiri Somali, no one is denying there are different dialects of Northern Somali.

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While Somalia has Northern Somali,Benadiri Somali, various dialects of Af-Maay, Swahili dialects such as Chimwini & Bajuni, Bantu languages like Musuhunguli etc. Half of Somalia’s population doesn’t even speak a Somali dialect as a first language yet the two clans that dominate Somalians deny their minorities their rights.

Isn’t half a stretch? I don’t believe it’s half since Jubba land is dominated by Ogadens originally from Galbeed and the Deep South is filled with a lot of Daroods.

 

[Angelina]

Its only barawani who js speak that twisted swahili and okey should we say its diversity given barawanis are only negligible pplenot even 10000 of them

Used to be more of them and they had their own city ect. The South used to be diverse but not as much anymore. The diversity was kinda cool.

Also, I don’t know if it was you or another Hawiye poster, but someone here posted an Abgaal Reer Meey dialect. Can you post it again.

 

[Bazed]

This thread really for one grandmother. Come on now, if you put value in her words we may as well go interview every grandma on her ideology. Only politicians and the public matter.

 

[galhareeri]

Used to be more of them and they had their own city ect. The South used to be diverse but not as much anymore. The diversity was kinda cool.

Also, I don’t know if it was you or another Hawiye poster, but someone here posted an Abgaal Reer Meey dialect. Can you post it again.

Reer barawa and barawani are teo things dont confuse reer barawa are tuni clan

 

[Angelina]

Reer barawa and barawani are teo things dont confuse reer barawa are tuni clan

Barwaani were clearly the majority which is why their language was spoken in the city. In Xamar ethnic Somalis were the majority which is why Af-maxaa is spoken even by non Ethnic Somalis.

 

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

Just for reference, for some seem to be conflating the two:

• dialect: a form of a language that people speak in a particular part of a country, containing some different words and grammar etc.
• 
  
• language: a system of communication consisting of sounds, words, and grammar used by people living in a particular country.

 

[galhareeri]

Barwaani were clearly the majority which is why their language was spoken in the city. In Xamar ethnic Somalis were the majority which is why Af-maxaa is spoken even by non Ethnic Somalis.

Okey braaaaaa . Tuni is masive sub clan of digi and mirifle they along the geledi cland were powerful during the 1800 century the geledi king was so powerful he even invaded zenziber.

 

[Angelina]

Okey braaaaaa . Tuni is masive sub clan of digi and mirifle they along the geledi cland were powerful during the 1800 century the geledi king was so powerful he even invaded zenziber.
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Yes, I know of Tunni but why wasn’t Af May May the dominant language in Barawa then? Let’s be real, it doesn’t make sense for the ethnic Somalis to take on their language unless at one point the Barwaanis become the majority. I’m not saying they were there first. That sounds silly since their origins lie outside of the Somali peninsula, but for at least the last few hundred years Barawa was clearly a place with more Reer Barwanis even if the Geledi were in charge.

I’m sure the Geledis were powerful and were probably in control but they clearly took on the local lingo since the Barwanis were numerous.

 

[galhareeri]

Yes, I know of Tunni but why wasn’t Af May May the dominant language in Barawa then? Let’s be real, it doesn’t make sense for the ethnic Somalis to take on their language unless at one point the Barwaanis become the majority. I’m not saying they were there first. That sounds silly since their origins lie outside of the Somali peninsula, but for at least the last few hundred years Barawa was clearly a place with more Reer Barwanis even if the Geledi were in charge.

I’m sure the Geledis were powerful and were probably in control but they clearly took on the local lingo since the Barwanis were numerous.

I doubt u are abgaal u give me the vibe of northerners who constantly lie about southern history becos of inferiority complex
@Jungle come here

 

[Angelina]

I doubt u are abgaal u give me the vibe of northerners who constantly lie about southern history becos of inferiority complex
@Jungle come here

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Im merely using logic, and this isn’t an inferiority complex. Why is the dominate language that of a group that isn’t the majority? How does that make sense?

It’s the same way I laugh at the Banadiri poster who believes that cadcads owned Xamar when that doesn’t make sense.

If you can’t answer a question simply say it without attacking me. I know I could be wrong and this is mostly educational for me. But why would the Geledi empire take on the Barwaani language if their subjects weren’t mostly Barwaani? I’m not denying that ethnic Somalis probably were the ones governing ect so how could that be an inferiority complex?!

 

[attash]

Its only barawani who js speak that twisted swahili and okey should we say its diversity given barawanis are only negligible pplenot even 10000 of them

The number of Barwaani + Bajuuni + Mushunguli + Swahili speakers combined in Somalia is 50,000 at best, I don't know why people here are acting like they are major languages. It's like saying Afaan Oromo is one of the major languages of SL because of all the Oromo immigrants.

 

[cow]

Baidoa yes, kismaayo definitely no.

 

[reer]

Baidoa yes, kismaayo definitely no.

theres now a difference between pure af maay and the diluted urban version of af maay. the diluted urban af maay is full of af maxaa words so its easy to understand. baidoa today isnt the same as baidoa 1970.

 

[Xoolo]

In Germany most regional dialects sound a complete different language and I've never seen a German telling another German he's not German because of his dialect.
Thee difference between two German dialects is 10x worse than maay dialect.
I've no problem at understanding maay dialect, tho my family is originally from Galgaduud and Mudug.
I don't understand how people online act as if maay was alien language.
You guys are just hating on the Raxanweyn folks

 

[Angelina]

theres now a difference between pure af maay and the diluted urban version of af maay. the diluted urban af maay is full of af maxaa words so its easy to understand. baidoa today isnt the same as baidoa 1970.

Without it being diluted via the use of Af-maxaa words, I don’t think people that speak standard Somali will be able to understand them. It is a most definitely a different language although it is related to Af-maxaa.

 

[Three Moons]

She said;

I always wonder what happened to her during the civil war that made her so extreme. She went from being a Pan-Somalist representing Somalia at the highest circles to rejecting it with every fibre of her being today. She went from forcing Somali military men in the 1970s to bring oxygen tanks for new born babies in her care at incubators in a Mogadishu hospital to pretending she wouldn’t understand the people living there if she visited the city today. This is a major ideological and emotional shift that can’t only be explained by the actions of a violent dictatorship, there has to be something more.

This is an ayeeyo that is clearly still reeling from a traumatic time, and is stuck in that era, she lost her husband after he was a prisoner for decades, and since his death there has been no real reconciliation between Somalis. No true leaders have taken a seat in the capital that could have changed her mind, just more of the same strong men and clan supremacists that inflicted those mental scars on her decades ago. As much as I find her propaganda amusing, I’m always reminded of the prewar Edna and feel sorry for her whenever she is trending for something.