Macro-Somali languages

[riyaale]

the macro Somali also known as omo-tana languages. most of these languages are extinct or in a verge of extinction except somali.



erbore

daasanach

el molo extinct

bayso/baiso/haro/harro


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[Daacad90]

Are those languages related to somali?

 

[Daacad90]

It sounds like somali but not somali. Is it somalis who used to speak those languages or other ethnic groups?

 

[riyaale]

It sounds like somali but not somali. Is it somalis who used to speak those languages or other ethnic groups?

they're related to Somali.

 

[Toriye]

These don't sound very African to me. They sound like a collection of loan words

 

[Daacad90]

they're related to Somali.
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They're all extinct. Is oromo the only surviving language similar to somali?

 

[riyaale]

They're all extinct. Is oromo the only surviving language similar to somali?

el molo the only one extinct. the rest are still spoken languages

 

[Gadhwayne]

the macro Somali also known as omo-tana languages. most of these languages are extinct or in a verge of extinction except somali.

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erbore

daasanach

el molo extinct

bayso/baiso/haro/harro


sourceView attachment 94228

I think they were not all omotana languages or your chart is wrong.

Also dont forget Rendiile which has preserved more proSoomaalioyd phonemes compared to others

 

[riyaale]

I think they were not all omotana languages or your chart is wrong.

Also dont forget Rendiile which has preserved more proSoomaalioyd phonemes compared to others

rendile is part of micro Somali not macro Somali. I will do thread on that sometime

 

[Gadhwayne]

rendile is part of micro Somali not macro Somali. I will do thread on that sometime

Micro IS part of macro so being part of micro means being part of macro