How many of you have been to Somalia, or can speak Somali?

[Dalmoor]

Quutka soomaaliduna waa iska baasto iyo bariis".

Quutka isn't used by the majority though. Cuntada/cunada is

 

[Abdisamad]

Reer waqooy but most of my vocabulary is Reer xamar. I use words like abaayo rather than huuno. That’s because I spent a year and a bit in xamar and well Ofc my dad raising me I picked up on those words.

What a mix

 

[Hassan mahat]

I can speak both Somali and Kiswahili. I never saw Somalia since I spent most of my time in jigjiga , Nairobi and Canada.

 

[Dalmoor]

I can speak both Somali and Kiswahili. I never saw Somalia since I spent most of my time in jigjiga , Nairobi and Canada.

Habari yako ma nigga
Hakuna matata lmaoo

 

[Dalmoor]

These polls got me effed up. I thought the first option was "Never been to Somalia but can speak somali"

Why is there a choice not similar to that?

 

[Shmurda]

Swahili has more arabic loan words than somali lmaoo. Around 35% of swahili is arabic bruh

Swahili is viewed as the lingua franca for black people while Somali is just an irrelevant language you can't use outside of Somalis. I'd rather know Swahili I'd be able to talk to any black person on the east coast of africa.

Somali probably has more loanwords

"Soomaalidu jahliga ayaa ku badnaa, waa yarayd qof qalin sida wax loogu qoro yaqaan. Quutka soomaaliduna waa iska baasto iyo bariis".

Jahliga: Arabic word.
Qalin: Arabic word.
Quutka (food): Arabic word.
Baasta: Italian word.
Bariis: Italian word.

It's true that the Somali language is filled with load words of Arabic and Italian origin.

I feel dirty and like an dog I don't like speaking Somali. Forget swahili I wanna learn a pure black language like zulu or igbo

Not that many loan words compared to English(which is made of loan words) and it's easy to avoid, but the sentences are so longwinded when you dont use loan words

Those white neanderthals use loanwords obviously we all know that all they do is steal. Somali has a lot of loanwords compared to other native african languages

 

[Hassan mahat]

Habari yako ma nigga
Hakuna matata lmaoo

Mzuri Sana
Ndio, hakuna matata.

 

[Karim]

Quutka isn't used by the majority though. Cuntada/cunada is

Seems like you voted for the "Never been to Somalia and I cannot speak Somali" option yet you know enough about the Somali language.

 

[Ismail99]

How did you guys go to Somalia and came back in one piece

 

[Hassan mahat]

Op, add another option of “never saw Somalia but can speak Somali” you do know Somalis don’t only live in Somalia but also Kenya and Ethiopia

 

[Dalmoor]

Swahili is viewed as the lingua franca for black people while Somali is just an irrelevant language you can't use outside of Somalis. I'd rather know Swahili I'd be able to talk to any black person on the east coast of africa.

Somali probably has more loanwords

I feel dirty and like an dog I don't like speaking Somali. Forget swahili I wanna learn a pure black language like zulu or igbo

Those white neanderthals use loanwords obviously we all know that all they do is steal. Somali has a lot of loanwords compared to other native african languages

You needa learn this language

 

[Dalmoor]

Seems like you voted for the "Never been to Somalia and I cannot speak Somali" option yet you know enough about the Somali language.

I thought the first option said "Never been to Somalia but can speak Somali"

 

[Dalmoor]

Mzuri Sana
Ndio, hakuna matata.

Nisalamie Uhuru

Hakkkuna mataaaduh

 

[Dalmoor]

I wanna learn a pure black language like

Like voodoo typa shit soomaha

 

[Shmurda]

Like voodoo typa shit soomaha

You're ignorant it's your arab daddy in north africa that be doing voodoo the most

 

[Nåture]

Been there and can speak Somali

 

[Dalmoor]

You're ignorant it's your arab daddy in north africa that be doing voodoo the most

I'm not arab nigga.

There's a whole voodoo religion in West africa, you got your facts wrong