I went to a gym for the first time in my life but wtf?! 😭

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

Are they though or are you trying to use them as a shield? To all reer waqooyi out there come fourth and defend yourself.

Very true, I think 'dirac | diric' is universal.

 

[Garaad diinle]

Very true, I think 'dirac | diric' is universal.

If true the crimes against af somali is mounting. At this rate reer waqooyi will turn af somali into a creole, arabic with somali grammar.

 

[GaradShabeel]

Are they though or are you trying to use them as a shield? To all reer waqooyi out there come fourth and defend yourself.

Sorry to break it down to you buddy, but in Galbeed, or at least from my experience, we use toob as well. I don't have any justifications for it, to my disappointment

The other terms, despite personally being aware them, are completely foreign in my household. Never heard any of my female family and relatives use them. Even back home

Reer koonfur might need to start a cultural revolution at this point to save us all.

 

[Garaad diinle]

Sorry to break it down to you buddy, but in Galbeed, or at least from my experience, we use toob as well. I don't have any justifications for it, to my disappointment

The other terms, despite personally being aware them, are completely foreign in my household. Never heard any of my female family and relatives use them. Even back home

Reer koonfur might need to start a cultural revolution at this point to save us all.

Yaah! You mean to tell that even galbeed is complicity in this? I thought galbeed was the cradle of af somali but it turns out koonfur might be the og one only bastion of af somali at this point. I know cisse use garays and saddex qeyd but this gose deeper than this. After a bit of reasrch of mine i found out that the rabbit hole gose deeper than this.

Some reer waqooyie apparently say this.

Instead of qare they say xabxab.
Instead of cusbo they say milix.
Instead of bur they say daqiiq.
Instead of ukun they say beyd.
Instead of darbi they say gidar.

The list go on and on. The somali language right now be like.

We must revitalize the somali language in both galbeed and waqooyi otherwise in matters of a century or two we might be speaking unintelligible languages.

 

[GaradShabeel]

Yaah! You mean to tell that even galbeed is complicity in this? I thought galbeed was the cradle of af somali but it turns out koonfur might be the og one only bastion of af somali at this point. I know cisse use garays and saddex qeyd but this gose deeper than this.

We might be asal Soomaali, but our accent have spiraled out of control long time ago

The interesting part is, despite living with and next to Oromos, Hararis, Afars (and Amharas) in the northern part for hundreds of years, most of the influences have been Arabic and very limited (albeit nonexistent) from those languages. Waa mahad alle. Better Arabic than other shisheeye languages

After a bit of reasrch of mine i found out that the rabbit hole gose deeper than this.

Some reer waqooyie apparently say this.

Instead of qare they say xabxab.
Instead of cusbo they say milix.
Instead of bur they say daqiiq.
Instead of ukun they say beyd.
Instead of darbi they say gidar.

You pulled out a list to shame us?!?! kkkkk How am I supposed to address this?

Might as well get to bottom of this. Of the words you mentioned, you're correct that we use all of them except for eggs which is instead called naalo. As far as darbi and gidaar, I always thought that they referred to different types of wall, that's at least how I know them.

The list go on and on. The somali language right now be like.

This is the current state of our Somali.

Stripped of its skin and muscles. The only thing remaining are skeletons

We must revitalize the somali language in both galbeed and waqooyi otherwise in matters of a century or two we might be speaking unintelligible languages.

Tbh, I think we need to standarize the language in some way. Just like Arabic's Fusha, but not as 'formal'. Regarding the changes of dialects, it's going to be hard to stop them from being influenced and the best we can do is to try create a standard Somali in its purest form, that at least remains intact.

From there, everyone learns that standard version of the language. If God forbid, a certain dialect cuck (lol) themselves to foreign influence, then at least they have the standard Somali to fall back on.

It's easier for everyone else as well, you won't have to keep up with new changes that continuously occurs in different dialects and can always resort to using standard Somali when needed. It's going to be up to everyone to make sure to maintain their own dialects.

This requires some form of Somali language institute, a body with its objective to deal with all matters relating to our language.

 

[GaradShabeel]

@Garaad diinle, don't listen to those heathens. As a reer Waqooyi, me and my family use only "baati". I do not know what a 'toob' is.

You're not reer Waqooyi tho

 

[JackieBurkhart]

You're not reer Waqooyi tho

For some reason, I thought it included where I lived. Never mind. Wait a minute, your not reer Waqooyi either.

 

[GaradShabeel]

For some reason, I thought it included where I lived. Never mind. Wait a minute, your not reer Waqooyi either.

I thought I was included too, and even called my dialect waqooyi until @Hamzza told me that it mainly includes SL and Djibouti Somali dialects only (even though I still doubt him, as they are two main dialects of Somali). In any case, I've been truly deceived in my entire life

On another note, of the words @Garaad diinle mentioned, which one of them do you use? Let me see if you are a true Galbeed person

 

[JackieBurkhart]

I thought I was included too, and even called my dialect waqooyi until @Hamzza told me that it mainly includes SL and Djibouti Somali dialects. I've been truly deceived for my entire life

On another note, of the words @Garaad diinle mentioned, which one of them do you use? Let me see if you are a true Galbeed person

Pure Soomaali, my friend.

*Instead of qare they say xabxab.
Instead of cusbo they say milix.
Instead of bur they say daqiiq.
Instead of ukun they say beyd.
Instead of darbi they say gidar.

*I don't know what this word means. I can't tell you.

 

[GaradShabeel]

Pure Soomaali, my friend.


*I don't know what this word means. I can't tell you.

So you use the bolded words? In that case, you trying to fool me somehow

You must have a lot of koonfur influence in your family

The first one is watermelon.

 

[JackieBurkhart]

So you use the bolded words? In that case, you trying to fool me somehow

You must have a lot of koonfur influence in your family

The first one is watermelon.

Nope, my family is thorough and through Galbeed Soomaalis. My father liked riveting me with tales of fighting off beastly creatures to water his camels.

Unfortunately for you, your deeper than I am yet your Soomaali is less pure. You can't pass this off as Koonfur influence, walaal. You've made a fool of yourself.

 

[GaradShabeel]

Nope, my family is thorough and through Galbeed Soomaalis. My father liked riveting me with tales of fighting off beastly creatures to water his camels.

Unfortunately for you, your deeper than I am yet your Soomaali is less pure. You can't pass this off as Koonfur influence, walaal. You've made a fool of yourself.

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[Garaad diinle]

We might be asal Soomaali, but our accent have spiraled out of control long time ago

The interesting part is, despite living with and next to Oromos, Hararis, Afars (and Amharas) in the northern part for hundreds of years, most of the influences have been Arabic and very limited (albeit nonexistent) from those languages. Waa mahad alle. Better Arabic than other shisheeye languages

I'd rather we have arabic loans than ethiopian one. I take back what i said about galbeed you guys had it rough. I hear even somalis in balbalyti still speak the same somali dialect as that of waqooyi and galbeed despite being isolated from somalis in western hararghe. It's a miracle somali is still spoken in northern galbeed.


Cheers caano geel to that.

You pulled out a list to shame us?!?! kkkkk How am I supposed to address this?

Might as well get to bottom of this. Of the words you mentioned, you're correct that we use all of them except for eggs which is instead called naalo. As far as darbi and gidaar, I always thought that they referred to different types of wall, that's at least how I know them.

No hard feeling fam, i had to prove my case somehow kkk. Though i didn't go in their extensively.

I've heard of naalo but in another context. It's either a happy feeling or a living organism as in naaley if am not mistaken. While darbi means both a wall and a fort or a fortification/castle gidar is defiantly from arabic though i don't know if it's used in other contexts. The way af somali used in waqooyi and galbeed is interesting to say the least. I still laugh when i hear dulka aa fiiqa.

Tbh, I think we need to standarize the language in some way. Just like Arabic's Fusha, but not as 'formal'. Regarding the changes of dialects, it's going to be hard to stop them from being influenced and the best we can do is to try create a standard Somali in its purest form, that at least remains intact.

From there, everyone learns that standard version of the language. If God forbid, a certain dialect cuck (lol) themselves to foreign influence, then at least they have the standard Somali to fall back on.

It's easier for everyone else as well, you won't have to keep up with new changes that continuously occurs in different dialects and can always resort to using standard Somali when needed. It's going to be up to everyone to make sure to maintain their own dialects.

This requires some form of Somali language institute, a body with its objective to deal with all matters relating to our language.

Couldn't agree more wallahi we're here brainstorming on ways to preserve and connect somalis with different dialects and region free of charge meanwhile the so called institutions found in both mogdishu and djibouti are getting fat checks while doing nothing.

 

[JackieBurkhart]

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It's only fair I return the favor, walaal. I spent time in Jijiga too, my friend. No one I met spoke like that. You might need to ask your family how long they've been there.

 

[Garaad diinle]

Nope, my family is thorough and through Galbeed Soomaalis. My father liked riveting me with tales of fighting off beastly creatures to water his camels.

Unfortunately for you, your deeper than I am yet your Soomaali is less pure. You can't pass this off as Koonfur influence, walaal. You've made a fool of yourself.

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The final showdown is about to being. Gather up reer galbeed and start the argument i'm all set.

 

[mrlog]

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[GaradShabeel]

I'd rather we have arabic loans than ethiopian one. I take back what i said about galbeed you guys had it rough. I hear even somalis in balbalyti still speak the same somali dialect as that of waqooyi and galbeed despite being isolated from somalis in western hararghe. It's a miracle somali is still spoken in northern galbeed.


Cheers caano geel to that.

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No hard feeling fam, i had to prove my case somehow kkk. Though i didn't go in their extensively.

You sure didn't have any mercy. But some of the koonfur lingo I've been observing here will not do justice to folk from the formerly Italian controlled Somalia

I've heard of naalo but in another context. It's either a happy feeling or a living organism as in naaley if am not mistaken. While darbi means both a wall and a fort or a fortification/castle gidar is defiantly from arabic though i don't know if it's used in other contexts. The way af somali used in waqooyi and galbeed is interesting to say the least. I still laugh when i hear dulka aa fiiqa.

Let me scarp the floor in peace, kkk

Even we you compare other Somali terms. We use digaag for chicken (I know, I won't be able to withstand the pressure of you the more loan words I mention ). The dooro that others use have another meaning in Galbeed. It has a meaning that is better off unsaid. The more I see Somalis use it, the more I get grossed out by it. Let's just put it that way.

Couldn't agree more wallahi we're here brainstorming on ways to preserve and connect somalis with different dialects and region free of charge meanwhile the so called institutions found in both mogdishu and djibouti are getting fat checks while doing nothing.

I heard that they inaugurated a second Somali institution. I guess we have to maintain the musuqmaasuq that we are so well known for

We need local initiated engagements if we want to head somewhere.

 

[GaradShabeel]

It's only fair I return the favor, walaal. I spent time in Jijiga too, my friend. No one I met spoke like that. You might need to ask your family how long they've been there.

To be frank, people will understand if you use the other terms, just like I do. But it doesn't belong to the local dialect either. I don't know how I'm supposed to prove this.

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The final showdown is about to being. Gather up reer galbeed and start the argument i'm all set.

I want to tag other Somalis from Galbeed, but all of them on this site belong to same beel as Jackie and most likely will give me the same answer. I'm giving up for lack of better options

@backgroundISneeded You might need tell us what you know, as you're the Somali linguist of SSpot. We need your input

 

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

I know cisse use garays and saddex qeyd .

With nomads of all, these are common.

Some reer waqooyie apparently say this.

Instead of qare they say xabxab.
Instead of cusbo they say milix.
Instead of bur they say daqiiq.
Instead of ukun they say beyd.
Instead of darbi they say gidar.

More than any, 'Cab, cun' are the two, which floor me.

You already know this, but wanted to bring it up: Do you want to venture an opinion as to the origin of these:
[Biyo, baraf, boowe, baaldi, aree, ooro, kuuli, fuundi, doobi, dilaal, deni, gaadhi, guri, daah, baaldi, laangadhe (r)].

We must revitalize the somali language in both galbeed and waqooyi otherwise in matters of a century or two we might be speaking unintelligible languages.

Forget not 'Bari', for reer Bari, be it Ceerigaabo, Xingalool, Bosaso or Qardho have their own distinct spins.

 

[JackieBurkhart]

To be frank, people will understand if you use the other terms, just like I do. But it doesn't belong to the local dialect either. I don't know how I'm supposed to prove this.

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I want to tag other Somalis from Galbeed, but all of them on this site belong to same beel as Jackie and most likely will give me the same answer. I'm giving up for lack of better options

@backgroundISneeded You might need tell us what you know, as you're the Somali linguist of SSpot. We need your input

So is my family. I guess you'll have to prove yourself. Your cornered, my friend.