@adaharari again many Arabic numbers and it seems that the Harari language has had a lot of influence from Amharic/Tigrinya
Languages of the Horn
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MY.Brawler
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No rooti is breadFurinka is bread
you speak another language and that last part
@sahersi @MY.Brawler @RedStar My bad xabxab is not Ge'ez, I misread a different word. But @merka is right it is from Arabic.
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Its more closer to gurage/amharic than tigrigna however, but not mutually intelligible
I was wondering if you can make a thread about the history of ge'ez. Aren't most of the Habesha languages derived from it?
All of them are believed to have descended from it, but some linguists do say Tigrinya and Tigre were live languages when Ge'ez was around, and they are sister languages not daughters of Ge'ez. I don't know which I believe but there is not enough evidence to show Tigre/Tigrinya were alive then so they will remain daughters to me
.I can make one if you want
thats arabic mostly
Yeah but not borrowed however, just descended from whatever this so-called proto language was
How do i chanfe the title. I can ask a mod to change this to languages of the Horn?
So the forum does not get busy
Absolutely no similarity between Somali and other horn of African languages save afari. Imho
Even Oromo sounds like a less harsh version of Amharic to me.
But I'm not a linguist.
Even Oromo sounds like a less harsh version of Amharic to me.
But I'm not a linguist.
Mudug-Madman
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Potato is batati. I never heard of xabxab, baradho or furiin, what kind of moon man language is that?
MY.Brawler
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"Batati" kulaha
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OmarLittle
Not your typical Farah
Young Popeye
Call me pops
Its difficult to figure out who loaned from who, here's some Somali-Harari loanwords
Gazelle-Sagaro
Giraffe-Girhe
Give-Sit
Javelin-Waram
Leech-Aykti ulalul
Magic-Fala
News-War
Ostrich-Gurayya
Pumpkin-Arab dubba
Quill-Balli
Bridle-Hakama
Scout-Ilalah
Sugar-cane-Ala Shenkore
Waterpot-Han
Zebra-Farru
Hyena-Waraba
Gazelle-Sagaro
Giraffe-Girhe
Give-Sit
Javelin-Waram
Leech-Aykti ulalul
Magic-Fala
News-War
Ostrich-Gurayya
Pumpkin-Arab dubba
Quill-Balli
Bridle-Hakama
Scout-Ilalah
Sugar-cane-Ala Shenkore
Waterpot-Han
Zebra-Farru
Hyena-Waraba
DuctTape
I have an IQ of 300
Yemenis refer to watermelon as xabxab also in their dialect.
Bateeq is the word for regular melon
Are you sure thats giraffe and zebra? I have always used a different word. News can also be kheber.
DuctTape
I have an IQ of 300
Kheber sounds like the Arabic word for news, that's probably a loanword
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