what dialect can you not understand?

[Aurelian]

Maay maay is another language entirely, not a dialect of Somali.

The one language, one people, one culture thing people drivel on about was nationalistic propaganda. Maay maay speakers (rahanweyn) historically weren't even nomads.

Can you linguistically prove that?.

 

[Al-Burcaawi]

I understand all y'all except af maymay

that shit is not somali thats a different language alltogether

also i can barely understand reer xamar sometimes

 

[Juke]

Can you linguistically prove that?.

Of course.

https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/maay1238

Maay maay is its own phylogenetic branch in the Eastern Omo-Tana (Somaloid) language family alongside: Rendille, Somali, Garre-Aweer, Dabarre-Tunni, Baiso-Jiiddu.

 

[Timo Jareer and proud]

Maybe they're cognates. And if you insist on them being lonewords, why can't the borrowing be from Maay to Maxaa?

Because Somali became the standardized language of Somalia unlike Maay. They needed to adapt

 

[J-Rasta]

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[Xasusi]

Dialects should be mutually intelligible. Some "dialects" would be different language by European standards.

 

[J-Rasta]

It means beautiful to waqooyi people. It’s also a common somali name for girls.

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Wtf that's a tongue twister there

 

[J-Rasta]

If you speak af Somali you should be able to understand all dialects with the af may may being an exception

Are you sure this is Somali
Surung imbo ka gaarijiyee
amarkaana rah
tartiib hang dhagaag
athy ky higdy
aloly aloly ing jifoy
Alathu aloolithaa ing jiif
IIn Obsadtooy qalad ing obsitooy

 

[J-Rasta]

bithitaa ing biring
turn to the left

Hortaa ing darer
go straight

eed ii eetha ingky mahadsingty
kalmothaa
Thank you for your help.

ethaa ingky jalboothi iniskoykany
I'm pleased to meet you.

my feylihithy yaa
How are you ?

fiyawi athiny usku waringby
I'm fine, thanks, and you ?

mey shugulkaa eyi arii
What is your job ?

 

[riyaale]

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plus this accent is the most difficult

I think the colloquial af may is its own language.
in 20 to 30 years many Somali accent will diverge so much to sound like completely different languages

 

[J-Rasta]

They are not mutually intelligible @Toriye @SuleymanPitt

ilaa mege siny kinooly baydhoby
How long have you lived at Baidoa?

arow gukaa megew
How old are you?

gursitey imboney dowa ety?
Are you married or signle ?

iyalaa letaa
Do you have any children ?
amee dhality?

When is your birthday ?
taawiyee


my fahangtey
Do you understand ?

mey jery
what happen?

any wali jelaa iny rojiyi warey sigung
I would like to stop this interview
Only €1/month

mey ing bahangtaa sithii ogogaa ing jifithaw iny ing jifity
You need to sleep as much as the child
does.

hadi athi qaling galasy alolithaa ewer hatoy
If you need surgery, your stomach must be empty.

ing dhagagtoy hadii athi dhagagty ithimithy badaa ky dilayang
Do not move or the Marines will kill you.

mey subiyanee wal wal nafty ky bad bathiyi korny
We are doing everything we can to save lives.

doo wal ning galaw haytee?
Do you have any information that can help us ?

kaniny gung biyoowa dhusugy ku dilee sy nathiif ing nagithang ling warapy
These pills will kill the germs in the water so it can be drunk.

hortaa ing dareer
Walk forward.

sheeng bang duugy
Give (me) the gun !

is deji farag faragdy dhaaf
calm down

lamy afaa liky dowahee af maay maay ii af maxaa tiri
There are two languages in somalia, Af-maay Maay and Afmaha

ghiyapsy lahawky ky hayi koo doringgaa imboney koo nishu
Describe the pain on a scale from 1 to 10.

ey mathithaa ee
Who is your boss ?

 

[Toriye]

They are not mutually intelligible @Toriye @SuleymanPitt

ilaa mege siny kinooly baydhoby
How long have you lived at Baidoa?

arow gukaa megew
How old are you?

gursitey imboney dowa ety?
Are you married or signle ?

iyalaa letaa
Do you have any children ?
amee dhality?

When is your birthday ?
taawiyee


my fahangtey
Do you understand ?

mey jery
what happen?

any wali jelaa iny rojiyi warey sigung
I would like to stop this interview
Only €1/month

mey ing bahangtaa sithii ogogaa ing jifithaw iny ing jifity
You need to sleep as much as the child
does.

hadi athi qaling galasy alolithaa ewer hatoy
If you need surgery, your stomach must be empty.

ing dhagagtoy hadii athi dhagagty ithimithy badaa ky dilayang
Do not move or the Marines will kill you.

mey subiyanee wal wal nafty ky bad bathiyi korny
We are doing everything we can to save lives.

doo wal ning galaw haytee?
Do you have any information that can help us ?

kaniny gung biyoowa dhusugy ku dilee sy nathiif ing nagithang ling warapy
These pills will kill the germs in the water so it can be drunk.

hortaa ing dareer
Walk forward.

sheeng bang duugy
Give (me) the gun !

is deji farag faragdy dhaaf
calm down

lamy afaa liky dowahee af maay maay ii af maxaa tiri
There are two languages in somalia, Af-maay Maay and Afmaha

ghiyapsy lahawky ky hayi koo doringgaa imboney koo nishu
Describe the pain on a scale from 1 to 10.

ey mathithaa ee
Who is your boss ?

In yar baan ka fahmi sxb balse Inay af somali tahay weey cadahay

 

[Toriye]

plus this accent is the most difficult

I think the colloquial af may is its own language.
in 20 to 30 years many Somali accent will diverge so much to sound like completely different languages

Sxb isn't the Somali spoken in that video normal Somali? What is so difficult about it? Af may may is the only difficult Somali af

 

[nomadicblood]

Where is afjinni

What kind of language is that actually? My aunt spoke once that weird language. I later heard it was af jinni

 

[riyaale]

Sxb isn't the Somali spoken in that video normal Somali? What is so difficult about it? Af may may is the only difficult Somali af

I think it has distinct flow and pronunciation which I find trouble understanding . for instance eebow means brother.

 

[J-Rasta]

plus this accent is the most difficult

I think the colloquial af may is its own language.
in 20 to 30 years many Somali accent will diverge so much to sound like completely different languages

Marka aan isku daayo lahjada kala duwan Xaayoow in yar baan ka fahmaya
even someone as far as Jubboyinka and Shabellaha can understand that accent because Comedian Oday Abdulle was popular in Pre War times.

In yar baan ka fahmi sxb balse Inay af somali tahay weey cadahay

Sxb run ahaanti mu ku la egyahay Afsoomali rasmi ah?
Ku dhawaaqa erayadda ayaan la garanin inkasta aad ujeedid erayo soomaali oo fara ku tiris in uu ku jiro , erayadda kale oo afaf kale shabaha ayaa ku badan qoraal iyo jumlad ahaan

 

[Toriye]

Marka aan isku daayo lahjada kala duwan Xaayoow in yar baan ka fahmaya
even someone as far as Jubboyinka and Shabellaha can understand that accent because Comedian Oday Abdulle was popular in Pre War times.


Sxb run ahaanti mu ku la egyahay Afsoomali rasmi ah?
Ku dhawaaqa erayadda ayaan la garanin inkasta aad ujeedid erayo soomaali oo fara ku tiris in uu ku jiro , erayadda kale oo afaf kale shabaha ayaa ku badan qoraal iyo jumlad ahaan

Walaal afka somali, sida afafka kale, waa mid waqtiyada la badalmo. Tusaalo ahaan, afka loo yaqaan old english waa mid aad oga duwan englishka waqtigan lagu hadlo, balse waa xaqiiqo inaay isku xidid yihiin. Marka, inkastoo afka maay somaligu waxbadan oga duwanyahay, shiki kuma jiro inaay isku xidid yihiin.

 

[riyaale]

@Balaayo to which tribe belongs af maay digil or mirifle, since both are unrelated tribes.?

 

[Capone]

Reer Boorama.

 

[DalsanJubiland]

You forgot Waamo dialect.