In french language
In english language
There is an hypothesis that the Northern clans predecessors spoke a language similar to Saho-Afar. The Northern dialect, which is the Standard for Af Maxaa Tidhi language, uses DH-curled-tap in many words, just like Cafar and Saaho. Southerners pronounce it like a regular rolled R
cidhib vs cirib
adhax vs arax
badhi vs bari
The worst is xaadha vs xaara
Af dhuulka xaadha vs Af dhulka xaara
Adhi vs ariThere is an hypothesis that the Northern clans predecessors spoke a language similar to Saho-Afar. The Northern dialect, which is the Standard for Af Maxaa Tidhi language, uses DH-curled-tap in many words, just like Cafar and Saaho. Southerners pronounce it like a regular rolled R
cidhib vs cirib
adhax vs arax
badhi vs bari
The worst is xaadha vs xaara
Af dhuulka xaadha vs Af dhulka xaara
There is an hypothesis that the Northern clans predecessors spoke a language similar to Saho-Afar. The Northern dialect, which is the Standard for Af Maxaa Tidhi language, uses DH-curled-tap in many words, just like Cafar and Saaho. Southerners pronounce it like a regular rolled R
cidhib vs cirib
adhax vs arax
badhi vs bari
The worst is xaadha vs xaara
Af dhuulka xaadha vs Af dhulka xaara
This retroflex consonant (ɖ) is also used in many South Asian languages like:
Hindi
Bengali
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Nepali
Punjabi
Urdu
Pashto
I think Somali and Afar are the only Cushitic languages that use it , and it isn't unique to the Northern dialect (it might be used more in waqooyi ) , but it's found in all MaaxaaTiri , I don't know about Maay, though.
words like :
Dhul
Dhabad
Dhaawac
Dhimasho
dhabar
dhagax
Dhalad
Dhaqan
dhibaato
and so many others.