Why German can convey more ideas than other languages

[Khalid Hussein]

As someone that speaks German and Arabic fluently, including English, Dutch and Somali.

The best language for expression is Somali, this is natural as it's the oldest language dating back further then Arabic itself.

The Arabic language has pretty much been destroyed by the new age modernity and the different absurdities it has morphed to.

The reason for this bias on our language is that most are not even basically well versed in it forget fluency, go to any Somali village even my own father raised there but spending 20 years here exclusively speaking Somali, is laughed at when we went to the villages and he has the best Somali I hear in Europe.

I thought I was very fluent (European standards) until I started struggling to understand the heavy use of idioms, proverbs, slick short gabeys and expressions in almost every sentence of their talks, even when they joke with each other in the villages etc.

The Arabs during the time for the Prophet in order to become proficient in the language, would send their sons to villages with Bedouins, the whole classical Arabic lexicons are built on this very principles, big cities are useless, I was considered fluent in Xamar.

It was a marvellous thing to watch, ancient languages are all about expressions, rich descriptions, poetries etc, a contemporary language will never compete with an ancient, and out of those languages the cushitic branches are the oldest and hence it makes sense they carry more weight.

Being fluent in all I would rank them like this in richness, 1) Somali 2) Arabic 3) German 4) Dutch 5) English

This argument about scientific words is the most useless I have seen, these are just terms made up like it is with any knowledge, you can argue the Somali language hasn't 'evolved' to include this new terminologies, well that's because we didn't invent them, if we did we would have a name for it.

Only Allah knows how old our language is. Allah knows best because we don't know.

 

[government]

As someone that speaks German and Arabic fluently, including English, Dutch and Somali.

The best language for expression is Somali, this is natural as it's the oldest language dating back further then Arabic itself.

The Arabic language has pretty much been destroyed by the new age modernity and the different absurdities it has morphed to.

The reason for this bias on our language is that most are not even basically well versed in it forget fluency, go to any Somali village even my own father raised there but spending 20 years here exclusively speaking Somali, is laughed at when we went to the villages and he has the best Somali I hear in Europe.

I thought I was very fluent (European standards) until I started struggling to understand the heavy use of idioms, proverbs, slick short gabeys and expressions in almost every sentence of their talks, even when they joke with each other in the villages etc.

The Arabs during the time for the Prophet in order to become proficient in the language, would send their sons to villages with Bedouins, the whole classical Arabic lexicons are built on this very principles, big cities are useless, I was considered fluent in Xamar.

It was a marvellous thing to watch, ancient languages are all about expressions, rich descriptions, poetries etc, a contemporary language will never compete with an ancient, and out of those languages the cushitic branches are the oldest and hence it makes sense they carry more weight.

Being fluent in all I would rank them like this in richness, 1) Somali 2) Arabic 3) German 4) Dutch 5) English

This argument about scientific words is the most useless I have seen, these are just terms made up like it is with any knowledge, you can argue the Somali language hasn't 'evolved' to include this new terminologies, well that's because we didn't invent them, if we did we would have a name for it.

I'd agree with you but I think the Arabic language is more rich than the Somali language by a mile it's the most organized language in the world. All Arabic words have a three or a four letter stem that determine where the word came from if it doesn't have that it's considered a foreign word. A great Language indeed

 

[fardowsa]

I'd agree with you but I think the Arabic language is more rich than the Somali language by a mile it's the most organized language in the world. All Arabic words have a three or a four letter stem that determine where the word came from if it doesn't have that it's considered a foreign word. A great Language indeed

All semitic languages have roots like that

 

[government]

All semitic languages have roots like that

Do they? send me a link so I can further study

 

[fardowsa]

Do they? send me a link so I can further study

Check the semitic root page on wiki

Mastered a german word
Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz

Somali is a kind of poetic language like Arabic, but not as complex as Arabic but we don't have any proper literature but our language is not a literacy language but it is good for speaking.

If we had Arabic script we can use 3ain and Haa.

Or we can use one of the scripts like osmaanya

 

[government]

Check the semitic root page on wiki

Or we can use one of the scripts like osmaanya

I checked it sis and they only gave an example in Arabic xigi confirm this please do you have that in your language

 

[TooMacaan]

Why..?? Because they are Aryan Übermensch...duh. Germans = Master Race.

 

[ሕጊ።።]

I checked it sis and they only gave an example in Arabic xigi confirm this please do you have that in your language

Like 3 root letters that have an overall meaning that you can add vowels too and change to conjugate and make words on a similar subject?
If so, yeah

 

[fardowsa]

Like 3 root letters that have an overall meaning that you can add vowels too and change to conjugate and make words on a similar subject?
If so, yeah

Yes.

 

[government]

Like 3 root letters that have an overall meaning that you can add vowels too and change to conjugate and make words on a similar subject?
If so, yeah

Yeah but is your dictionary based upon it for example if you want to know what the word is based upon it. Also how do you guys deal with foreign words

 

[ሕጊ።።]

Yes.

Yeah but is your dictionary based upon it for example if you want to know what the word is based upon it. Also how do you guys deal with foreign words

Yeah, S-x-f for example means things to do with writing:
Säxafä 'he wrote',
mïSxaf 'to write',
Sïxuf 'a writing/inscription',
Sïxfät 'the act of writing',
Säxafi 'writer', mäSxaf 'book',
SïXafäy 'clerk',
Sïxfätawi 'a graphic'......... blah blah you get the image

And @government we don't list things like that, and verbs are only listed under 'he ____' in past tense. I think Arabic lists verbs like that but I don't know much about Arabic.
And what do you mean by foreign words?

 

[fardowsa]

Yeah, S-x-f for example means things to do with writing:
Säxafä 'he wrote',
mïSxaf 'to write',
Sïxuf 'a writing/inscription',
Sïxfät 'the act of writing',
Säxafi 'writer', mäSxaf 'book',
SïXafäy 'clerk',
Sïxfätawi 'a graphic'......... blah blah you get the image

And @government we don't list things like that, and verbs are only listed under 'he ____' in past tense. I think Arabic lists verbs like that but I don't know much about Arabic.
And what do you mean by foreign words?

 

[fardowsa]

Yeah, S-x-f for example means things to do with writing:
Säxafä 'he wrote',
mïSxaf 'to write',
Sïxuf 'a writing/inscription',
Sïxfät 'the act of writing',
Säxafi 'writer', mäSxaf 'book',
SïXafäy 'clerk',
Sïxfätawi 'a graphic'......... blah blah you get the image

And @government we don't list things like that, and verbs are only listed under 'he ____' in past tense. I think Arabic lists verbs like that but I don't know much about Arabic.
And what do you mean by foreign words?

Maybe you can teach @Guysensei

 

[ሕጊ።።]

Maybe you can teach @Guysensei

 

[Khalid Hussein]

I'd agree with you but I think the Arabic language is more rich than the Somali language by a mile it's the most organized language in the world. All Arabic words have a three or a four letter stem that determine where the word came from if it doesn't have that it's considered a foreign word. A great Language indeed

Arabic root words:
Obaid came from Abd
Khawarij came from kharaj
Rahma cane from Rahm
Muhammad came from Hmd

So much and so much more.



Every root word in Arabic needs to be added with suffixes and prefixes, also some root words have different meaning to the word you are going to use.

Muhammad cam from the word Hmd which means praise. Muhammad means the praised one.
See AlHamdulillah, Praise be to God.

Rahma came from the word Rahm which means Womb, Rahma means mercy, but this word has meaning behind it, The mother see how see takes care of her child that inside the womb thats what the word came from.
Rahman.

Making sentences are easy
In arabic if you have a Name you have to start it off,
Like
Muhammad safartun ilaa Almaniya
Muhammad travelled to Germany
Name Verb Harf name

Arabic is easy to anyone who wants to learn it.

 

[fardowsa]

Arabic root words:
Obaid came from Abd
Khawarij came from kharaj
Rahma cane from Rahm
Muhammad came from Hmd

So much and so much more.



Every root word in Arabic needs to be added with suffixes and prefixes, also some root words have different meaning to the word you are going to use.

Muhammad cam from the word Hmd which means praise. Muhammad means the praised one.
See AlHamdulillah, Praise be to God.

Rahma came from the word Rahm which means Womb, Rahma means mercy, but this word has meaning behind it, The mother see how see takes care of her child that inside the womb thats what the word came from.
Rahman.

Making sentences are easy
In arabic if you have a Name you have to start it off,
Like
Muhammad safartun ilaa Almaniya
Muhammad travelled to Germany
Name Verb Harf name

Arabic is easy to anyone who wants to learn it.

Somalis cushitic