Ethiopian Female pastor: We need to preach in areas such as Afar and Somali where the Gospel has not reached

[jabsveg276]

Nahhhhh wallahi have u been on ethiopian airlines , that shitty language had me dying for the entire flight

they sound constipated

 

[Im_✨]

they sound constipated

Allah beerka

 

[Xaruun]

Modern Christianity is one of Shaytaan’s best tricks

 

[Im_✨]

Modern Christianity is one of Shaytaan’s best tricks

Inshallah it doesn’t come to that. If it does for once I will applaud al shabaab for being there wallahi

 

[Eedaaf]

She is mistaken. The gospel has been around in the Horn of Africa for about 1700 years and in that time we have evidence of contact between Somalis and Habesha Christians going back to the pre-Islamic era if I'm not mistaken and yet Somalis are like 99% Muslim. They've had over a millennia to convert us and failed. Best give up.

1700 years

might as well give up

we gave them a head start to conolize us but they only way they could do that was with abo caadan

 

[Sambuus]

Come on. I am Ethiopic speaker, but Oromo is the best sounding language in the Horn not Somali far from it (no offense).

I have not heard nor ever seen an oromo speaker, and i’m not planning to either.

 

[Sophisticate]

I’m deaddddd . Fam all it needed was a few men to colonise their country in less than a day

Alx, we're Muslim.

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[Gacanka Cadmeed]

Alx, we're Muslim.

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Eritrea is Muslim though. I'll blame it on the Tigrinyas

 

[Apollo]

Amharic is not a nice-sounding language, and that woman ending every sentence in high pitch made me almost cut my ears off.

I actually kind of like how Amharic sounds, but this woman is not a good example of it. It is her making those high pitch sounds at the end of sentences before breathing in, personal thing. Heard other Amharas speak in a different way.

PS. Tigrinya is apparently much more Semitic linguistically than Amharic. Amharic has more Agaw words, phonology, and grammar.

 

[Aurelian]

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Somali: I accept those gifts and charity because I need them, but certainly I don't need any new religious Ideas. I'm Happy with my belief but not with my economic situation

 

[Apollo]

News broadcast in Amharic:



News broadcast in Tigrinya:



Tigrinya sounds more like Arabic, lol. Amharic is a bit softer, imo.

The OP woman isn't a good example of how most Amharas intonate.

 

[The alchemist]

I actually kind of like how Amharic sounds, but this woman is not a good example of it. It is her making those high pitch sounds at the end of sentences before breathing in, personal thing. Heard other Amharas speak in a different way.

PS. Tigrinya is apparently much more Semitic linguistically than Amharic. Amharic has more Agaw words, phonology, and grammar.

I've been around people who speak it, of course, so this is not a first-time impression, and you have to understand I wrote in somewhat hyperbole because the woman sounded mad annoying. Overall, comparatively, Somali is just better, no matter the level of charitability.

 

[Apollo]

I've been around people who speak it, of course, so this is not a first-time impression, and you have to understand I wrote in somewhat hyperbole because the woman sounded mad annoying. Overall, comparatively, Somali is just better, no matter the level of charitability.

I think Afar and Rendille is what Somali sounds like to non-Somalis. Not the worst, but also not perfectly harmonic either. IMO, Italian is the best sounding language to me, mainly because they have so many words ending in a vowel and this helps with the melody between words and sentences.

 

[The alchemist]

I think Afar and Rendille is what Somali sounds like to non-Somalis. Not the worst, but also not perfectly harmonic either. IMO, Italian is the best sounding language to me, mainly because they have so many words ending in a vowel and this helps with the melody between words and sentences.

Afar sounds like Somali, but that language is actually not that close if we compare it to Rendille. However, IIRC, Afar sound more like Somali, and as you put it, all those similar yet unintelligible words is probably what Somali sounds like to non-Somalis.

Other Horners I've talked to have the majority of the time claimed Somali sound more like Arabic than the other Cushitic languages because of certain sounds. Somali is not totally harmonious - it doesn't need to - the somewhat harshness gives it character.

 

[HiraanBorn]

I think Afar and Rendille is what Somali sounds like to non-Somalis. Not the worst, but also not perfectly harmonic either. IMO, Italian is the best sounding language to me, mainly because they have so many words ending in a vowel and this helps with the melody between words and sentences.

A fellow Af-talyaani admirer. Grazie Fratello mio

 

[Apollo]

A fellow Af-talyaani admirer. Grazie Fratello mio

Fun fact, we have something in common with Malta. English, Italian, and Arabic were the languages that influenced them the most as well.

 

[Empress of Hawiye]

Come on. I am Ethiopic speaker, but Oromo is the best sounding language in the Horn not Somali far from it (no offense).

 

[HiraanBorn]

Fun fact, we have something in common with Malta. English, Italian, and Arabic were the languages that influenced them the most as well.

Imagine retiring in a place like Malta, that would be nice. It also has a very interesting history since it was conquered by North African Muslims in the 9th century.

The Christians took it back though after 2 centuries but if we held it longer it would've been a second Al Andalus.

 

[Apollo]

Imagine retiring in a place like Malta, that would be nice. It also has a very interesting history since it was conquered by North African Muslims in the 9th century.

The Christians took it back though after 2 centuries but if we held it longer it would've been a second Al Andalus.

It would be like Christian Abyssinians conquering Afar an Somali lands and then being driven out by the British and Italians. If that happened the history of Malta and Somalis would really be weirdly similar.