The Somali language basically consists of

[Dalmoor]

tomato was discovered like in Mexico not that long ago, who cares if we don't have a original word for it because why would we?

It's actually from South America. And I wasn't denying anything in fact most languages borrow words.

 

[Kanini]

why would we have our own word for recent Mexican discoveries

Tukraq, where did I say we need one?

 

[NotMyL]

Maybe we influenced Japanese to, I have noticed these words are similar for "I don't know"

-Magaranayo Somali
-Wakaranay Japanese

Haha now you’re reaching, I’m pretty sure we are too lazy to copy indhoyaar’s complicated languages

 

[Tukraq]

Tukraq, where did I say we need one?

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well your claiming it as that way

 

[Pipit]

Acudubilah southern Somalia is completely cucked Bread = furun not roti or jabaati
Car = babuur not gari

 

[Dalmoor]

Lmaoo this thread is about if somali language has loanwords or not. Tukraq on the other hand is like why do we need one?

Just say "yeah, somali has some borrowed words from the languages/people they had trades with"

 

[NotMyL]

well your claiming it as that way

@Tukraq I’m sure @Yukon_Niner is dissing us Americans in another thread go get him walaal.

 

[riyaale]

Acudubilah southern Somalia is completely cucked Bread = furun not roti or jabaati
Car = babuur not gari

bread = muufo

 

[Dalmoor]

@Tukraq I don't see Swahili complaining about why they have 30-35% Arabic loanwords. At least we didn't loan that much

 

[Tukraq]

@Tukraq I don't see Swahili complaining about why they have 30-35% Arabic loanwords. At least we didn't loan that much

we technically didn't loan any when it comes to the context of somalia though tbh, the loan words are for modern phenomena and recent shit

 

[Dalmoor]

we technically didn't loan any when it comes to the context of somalia though tbh, the loan words are for modern phenomena and recent shit

Yeah words like "Computer"




At least we somalicized them and named it "Kombyuutar"

 

[Pipit]

bread = muufo

Isn’t muufo a type of flatbread?

 

[Tukraq]

Yeah words like "Computer"




At least we somalicized them and named it "Kombyuutar"

its like saying we have no word for maple syrup or bison lol, we don't have to have a word for everything, we can technically loan but those things aren't in somalia anyways

 

[NotMyL]

Isn’t muufo a type of flatbread?

This is mufo or ceesh as some call it

You wouldn’t call every bread mufo, we call it rooti never heard of furun.

 

[Macalin M]

Acudubilah southern Somalia is completely cucked Bread = furun not roti or jabaati
Car = babuur not gari

I say baabuur. My whole family says so as well. Isn’t it northerners that day gaari?

 

[riyaale]

Isn’t muufo a type of flatbread?

I think the flatbread is kibis.

 

[TheSayid]

every language has loan words, 30% somali is a ridiculous estimate

 

[Pipit]

This is mufo or ceesh as some call it
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You wouldn’t call every bread mufo, we call it rooti never heard of furun.

Furun means bread in af Djibouti iyo af Somalilander. Where are you from?

 

[Pipit]

I say baabuur. My whole family says so as well. Isn’t it northerners that day gaari?

I think only the Banaadir region say gari since they have the most Hindi influence

 

[Macalin M]

I think only the Banaadir region say gari since they have the most Hindi influence

I’m Xamar akhi. My Mum mostly uses gaari to refer to shopping trolleys and such. I have heard it obviously just don’t use it for car