I thought Borana were Somalis related to Garre
Don’t sleep on Oromos they got some good songs
Don’t sleep on Oromos they got some good songs
We are not similar at all
The Oromos who are really closest to us I'd say are those in Hararghe, Bale and Arsi. I'm not so sure about dialects but in looks these are the Oromos who will really startle you. It makes historical sense too cos these are regions Somalis historically were known or, in some cases, seemed to be in if you consult documents like the Futuh. In regions like Hararghe in particular some of the Oromos there straight up know that some of their ancestors just a few generations prior were Somalis and will tell you as much.
Seriously, these Arsi folks, as an example, are startling:
Oromos also have a lot of E-V32, especially Boranas. And this is the linguistic structure of East Cushitic:
As you can see, they are the closest to us outside of the "Omo-Tana" bunch. Even the West-Central Oromos have a fair amount of admixture from the original expanding Oromo tribes and will show elevated affinities toward Somalis when compared to Xabeshas.
Seriously, these Arsi folks, as an example, are startling:
Oromos also have a lot of E-V32, especially Boranas. And this is the linguistic structure of East Cushitic:
As you can see, they are the closest to us outside of the "Omo-Tana" bunch. Even the West-Central Oromos have a fair amount of admixture from the original expanding Oromo tribes and will show elevated affinities toward Somalis when compared to Xabeshas.
Apollo
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Cushitic languages are very old.
It is more on the level of Indo-European in terms of age.
In all honesty, it is easier for a Somali monolingual fob to learn Arabic than Oromo due to more loanwords being present in Somali from Arabic similar to how a monolingual Anglo will have an easier time learning French over German due to a big portion of French loanwords in English despite English being Germanic.
It is more on the level of Indo-European in terms of age.
In all honesty, it is easier for a Somali monolingual fob to learn Arabic than Oromo due to more loanwords being present in Somali from Arabic similar to how a monolingual Anglo will have an easier time learning French over German due to a big portion of French loanwords in English despite English being Germanic.
She copied Nasteexo Indho's song 'War Hadaadan Tumeeynin", in case anyone is confused.
I can see that the arsi look a lot like us but in terms of language do you know which people are most like us excluding rendille Ofc. I find this very interesting tho I won’t lie
Nilotic
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What I said in August of last year:
Somalis make it seem as though Oromos are like that annoying little cousin that just wants to follow you around everywhere.
There also seems to be this fear of an impending demographic bomb; people seem to believe that Oromos will replace Somalis in Hargeisa and Bosaso.
Have I summed it up correctly?
That’s because the language the Garre speak is Afaan Oromo in the Borana dialect with a slight accent.
When it come to language, all eastern dialects are closest to Somali in language, but the sound. I personally think it could be Hararghe or Borana. The 2 are really similar in accent but dialect differs a bit. Boran is closer to old and original Afan Oromo.
Spot on. Also certain qabiils base their identity on the heroism shown in the battles against the Oromos.
Their descendants are generally more anti-Oromo than your average Somali.
In historical material culture, customs and way of life? I would say yes. Saho-Afars for sure. In genetics and linguistics, no. That's Oromos over them for sure.
Aren't the Oromos very mixed though?
So are Afars. Afars seem to surprisingly look pseudo Agaw/Xabesha genetically. Closer to us than an Amhara or Tigrinya is but less so than Oromos of all kinds. Eastern Oromos in particular are probably the closest Horners to Somalis genetically, hence the similarity in looks.
West-Central Oromos have a lot of extra ancient Yemeni and Horn HG in them but they seem admixed into by the early Oromo tribes which raises their affinity toward us compared to Agaws, Habeshas and Afars. Oromos are hands down are closest relatives in terms of genetics and linguistics.
Good example. With zero knowledge of Arabic i can understand about 10-15% of a modern standard Arabic speech just because of loanwords. Pronunciation is also very is for somali since we have X, C ,Q and KH sounds that are absent in Oromo and even in semitic languages like Amharic.
So the fact cushitic is so old is probably the reason why we don't have much mutual intelligibility with other neighboring languages. Rendille sounds closer to Somali, but still not even close to the similarities between European languages of different groups.
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