Oromos as the Lost White Men

[Jimmy Hopkins]

 

[Mohamedamiin120]

 

[Ghengis Kaarhis]

both are xaywaans

 

[cunug3aad]

If they are called gaalla after descent from gallic tribe in france
Then they are technically gall raac

 

[Shimbiris]

Gadaa = Koryos?

 

[Mohamedamiin120]

If they are called gaalla after descent from gallic tribe in france
Then they are technically gall raac

99% Sure that 'Galla' is the catch all term for 'infidel people of lesser development' by all horn people's.

Historical documents from Barawa which concern the conquest of Wardey territory and their subsequent displacement by the Tunni Sultanate calls the Wardey Galla. Ethiopian imperial scribes also used the term Galla to describe the Afar, Dinka, and other smaller groups to their periphery until well into the 18th century.

Then the word Galla morphed into the word for the Oromos only which then made it turn into a term of abuse and thus precipitated it's downfall in academic spaces during the 20th and 21st centuries.

 

[Mohamedamiin120]

Gadaa = Koryos?

Nah Gadaa is different, Gadaa is the entire life for an Oromo- they have a set responsibility in the community for a period of time and then their role changes. Koryos only exists for a part of your life (if it's even real- no proof btw)

 

[cunug3aad]

99% Sure that 'Galla' is the catch all term for 'infidel people of lesser development' by all horn people's.

Gaal-la' yacni geel la'aansho

 

[3LetterzMM]

If they are called gaalla after descent from gallic tribe in france
Then they are technically gall raac

Jus cause u don’t like em doesn’t mean you should call them gaalrac it’s just wrong most of ‘‘em are Muslim

 

[Mohamedamiin120]

Gaal-la' yacni geel la'aansho

Then why does the exact same word (ጋላ) exist in every single Xabashi language today?

Also note that by the time that major Oromo-Somali interactions began, the Oromos indeed did have camels so it's quite absurd that would be the number 1 distinguishing factor.

Also I have found that the word exists in Afar too 'Gaala'! This is massive because in Afar 'Gaal' means ship!!! (which can't have anything to do with any Oromo qualities, @cunug3aad you theorized it was because of their lack of camels at one point while many Xabashi scholars theorize sheep and shepherd related meanings for ጋላ)

(Note: if you go and search up the meaning of 'Ship', 'Boat', 'Sailing', and the like in any Afar dictionary you probably will get Somali loans and a few Arabic ones, Gaal is a bit of an archaic catch-all term, the only occurrence of such a term... you may ask 'Camel?' and the word for that is Gaali, and even when the word is modified to make other words the i stays. Where is the i gone here??? Must have been a shared term)

 

[Shimbiris]

If they are called gaalla after descent from gallic tribe in france
Then they are technically gall raac

Even oppressed by Ancient Rome. Poor Oromos, man.