Similarities Between Arabic and Amharic

[Apollo]

That channel will soon do one on Somali. I hope the Somali chick they use won't be fat or ugly.

 

[government]

That channel will soon do one on Somali. I hope the Somali chick they use won't be fat or ugly.

Walahi I told Factz to go but he refused honestly I would've went if I lived in Toronto the guy is waiting for a Somali person that knows the language

 

[Apollo]

Walahi I told Factz to go but he refused honestly I would've went if I lived in Toronto the guy is waiting for a Somali person that knows the language

People from SomaliSpot should try to get into advising the Somalia episode on Geography Now. That guy gets 100,000s of views per country. We can prevent some of the embarrassment.

 

[government]

People from SomaliSpot should try to get into advising the Somalia episode on Geography Now. That guy gets 100,000s of views per country. We can prevent some of the embarrassment.

I don't think we want that imagine Knowles advising him I liked to keep it as little known as possible or Twitter xalimos will come in with their pseudo history

 

[Apollo]

I don't think we want that imagine Knowles advising him I liked to keep it as little known as possible or Twitter xalimos will come in with their pseudo history

He will f*ck up on Somaliland and probably make corny pirate jokes.

 

[government]

He will f*ck up on Somaliland and probably make corny pirate jokes.

Biisinka don't get me started on somaliland I bet he already gets hundreds of messages from Somalilanders telling him they're an independent country and how peaceful they are

 

[La Xawla]

People from SomaliSpot should try to get into advising the Somalia episode on Geography Now. That guy gets 100,000s of views per country. We can prevent some of the embarrassment.

That’s what I was thinking. Also someone go there in person

 

[Yonis]

Lots of arabic loan words in somali as well, when she said the arabic word "daqiqa" meaning "minute", its the same in Somali but different pronunciation and spelling, in somali we say "hal daqiiqo" meaning "one minute"

 

[Yonis]

In amharic they say "Dekika" meaning the same thing

 

[Yonis]

Also in amharic they say se'at for an "hour" , in somali we say saacad. Lots of similarities

 

[Abkaal]

Lots of arabic loan words in somali as well, when she said the arabic word "daqiqa" meaning "minute", its the same in Somali but different pronunciation and spelling, in somali we say "hal daqiiqo" meaning "one minute"

i used to hear mirir but im sure it means Daqiiqad

 

[government]

Also in amharic they say se'at for an "hour" , in somali we say saacad. Lots of similarities

These are arabic loan words that we both have although ours sounds more arabic because it came more recently

 

[Zuzu5]

While Somali is classified under Cushitic, it has more loanwords from Arabic than Amharic does (a Semite language).

Amharic has almost no loanwords from Arabic, but mainly shared roots.

what roots are you talking about?

 

[Apollo]

what roots are you talking about?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Semitic_languages

 

[Abkaal]

These are arabic loan words that we both have although ours sounds more arabic because it came more recently

but we have a Somali word for daqiiqad

 

[Basra]

It just downed on me that Ethiopia was never colonized because God blessed it. their old leaders Negash was a down low Muslim. Amharic is also a derivative language of the old Aramaic languages spoken during Prophet Moses PBUH and Jesus PBUH times

 

[Apollo]

It just downed on me that Ethiopia was never colonized because God blessed it. their old leaders Negash was a down low Muslim. Amharic is also a derivative language of the old Aramaic languages spoken during Prophet Moses PBUH and Jesus PBUH times

For the love of god, you old fart, stop with the fake news.

 

[Menelik III]

Those weren't ''Arabs'' as we know them, but pagan Yemenites who spoke South Arabian languages. Arabic, as we know it today, came from Jordan and Northwestern Saudi Arabia and spread with Islam all over the world.

Most Amharas are Orthodox Christians. They converted to Christianity early on through trade with Israel/Greece.

False. The king of Aksum converted after a shipwrecked Syrian told of the religion. This is some 30 years before Constantine. There were already Christians/ and Jews before his time.

 

[government]

but we have a Somali word for daqiiqad

I'm sure we have but it's not wide spread

 

[Apollo]

False. The king of Aksum converted after a shipwrecked Syrian told of the religion. This is some 30 years before Constantine. There were already Christians/ and Jews before his time.

Minutiae, who gives a f*, the point was that they converted way before modern times. Most other Africans only become Christian due to British or French missionaries.