Somali & Arabic similarities

[SOMALI GENERAL]

Literally all of the similarities between the two languages are Arabic loan words in Af Somali...

 

[4head]

The Somali girl looks constipated. But cute girl though.

 

[4head]

We need to embrace our Arab language

 

[Qarboosh]

Who knew darishad was Arabic? Discovered that the other day. Daaqad too. I guess all words that end in -ad are arabic in origin

 

[911]

Lmao some of the words even have the same pronunciation

 

[government]

This could've been @Factz or me the guy asked me to participate in it no jokes this is probably someone from sspot

 

[Factz]

This could've been @Factz or me the guy asked me to participate in it no jokes this is probably someone from sspot

Wallahi you made a thread about me and it was a language similarity between Amharic and Arabic, right?


He probably saw that thread and decided to do an Arabic and Somali similarities.

 

[government]

Wallahi you made a thread about me and it was a language similarity between the Amharic and Arabic, right?


He probably saw that thread and decided to do an Arabic and Somali similarities.

I told him to do Arabic and Somali he said email me and come to tronto to do it lol I don't live in Canada so I declined but that could've been you my g

 

[Fiidmeer]

Almost every word in Somali that ends with -ad is a loanword from Arabic.

 

[Nilotufian]

For some reason I always thought the similarities were forced...nvm

 

[Sophisticate]

Just great more people will start asking if Somali is a localized adaptation of Arabic. When it's a completely different language group with some loan words.

 

[Prince Abubu]

If she used actual Somali words instead of Arabic loanwords, the Arab dude would have never got any of them right.

 

[Apollo]

Just great more people will start asking if Somali is a localized adaptation of Arabic. When it's a completely different language group with some loan words.

It's like English with French.. something on the order of 30% of Somali vocabulary coming from Arabic.

 

[kickz]

Almost every word in Somali that ends with -ad is a loanword from Arabic.

Nacalad

 

[kickz]

Just great more people will start asking if Somali is a localized adaptation of Arabic. When it's a completely different language group with some loan words.

What I want to know is what are true Somali words, when Arabic, English, Ethiopian, Afar, Italian, Indian, and Persian loan words are taken out.

 

[Apollo]

What I want to know is what are true Somali words, when Arabic, English, Ethiopian, Afar, Italian, Indian, and Persian loan words are taken out.

Trololol:

 

[Sophisticate]

It's like English with French.. something on the order of 30% of Somali vocabulary coming from Arabic.

Not the greatest example. English became the lingua franca of the world from borrowing from everyone and they were conquered by the Normans at one point. But I see your point. Words which have no foundation in Somali are borrowed from Arabic or other languages.

 

[kickz]

Trololol:

I dont get it

 

[Sophisticate]

Trololol:

When I saw cartoon nudes.
I wondered what you were posting?

Then I realized they were Biblical and narrated in Rendille.

 

[Apollo]

When I saw cartoon nudes.
I wondered what you were posting?

Then I realized they were Biblical and narrated in Rendille.

It is what Af-Somali sounds like to strangers.