That sounds interesting but I never heard of any ancient documents calling proto-Somalis as 'Samaale'. It'd be interesting to see those documents if they exist as you claim, especially since Somalis didn't have a written language at that time period......
'So maal' could mean different things but I never heard the connection with 'hospitality'. The old word for meat in Somali is "Soo" so some scholars say that "Somali" came from 'the people who ate/made meat' and meat is indeed popular in Somali cuisine like camel meat. I never knew of this "hispirality" thing though.
'Simur' isn't what habeshas called us, as far as I know and I'm sure it's factual, the term predates the word "Somali".
Hey Waaqo Punt, please stop pretending to be Somali. You're a Habesha lowlife troll.
The word "Somaal" was used in the 9th century by Al-Yaqubi. Somali tribes have been mentioned in the ancient times and early medieval times so it would be absurd to assume the Somali identity is new.
Somalis in the ancient times may not have written ancient records for themselves but there were ancient foreign sources that confirm their ethnic name and beautiful history.
Ali Jimale Ahmed a Somali historian collected ancient foreign documents to confirm Somali people being a couple of thousand years old. Just read his book called The Invention of Somalia.
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