Brother, that sounds great, and I hope the platform they have has everything needed to produce the final game product, this must be what you see is what you get or drag and drop things, with the price they mentioned which looks too cheap, I doubt they can be equal to real life programmers, but as you said, someone closer to home has to be employed. Somaliphilosoph, yeah I didn't worked for me either, but at least we know good idea of what can be done, shax is an easy thing to developusing one of the languages C, C++, Delphi or even Java, I have already figured out the hows, but in terms of time, that is the issue.

^^ Alpha, I know you are connecting the first line and the last line of sister Safferz post: - I accidentally texted "give me a sex" to a male friend when my phone autocorrected "give me a sec" - Server brings my meal to the table and says "enjoy your meal" and without thinking I replied "thanks, you too!" (I do this more often than I should) - I realized Songza was linked to my Facebook account when I received a comment notification (on my Songza activity) asking why I'm listening to "Booty Wurk (One Cheek At a Time)" - The maintenance guys for my apartment just came in without knocking and I wasn't wearing pants Sxb, Alpha, you are indeed an x-rated figure on SOL, well, at least for today!

MMA, hor mari sxb faafi, anigaba boqolaala sources from Miyiga to jiiro aangalooyin aan la sheegi karin ka soo wada dhiitiyey camal.

Aero, from that link of WardheerNews, it is clear that there wasn't a mention of a particular year, as in the case of Hijra or the Gregorian the Somalis at the time used to count the year using the system of seasons, the Somali year consist of 365 days, I will read more on that article you posted and summarize the Somali year. It is very clear that a Somali year can be established, starting from a particular big event that Somalis regard as an important, as was the case for the Hijri Calendar which marked the migration to Medina, or the gregorian which claims to have come from different sources. So, we Somalis can devise a Somali year since we already have unique Somali months, days of the week, seasons, and everything in between.

^ Thanks Aero for the link, that is a great link, my sources number more than 20 and most of them are oral, some from books, others from online even though not many, I was recently in the Miyiga and was interested in asking about Somali Astronomy, this was a subject they knew very well, I will write about it Inshaa Allah even though there is a topic in Dood Wadaag called: Astro physics in Somali.

I have just made some calculations on what the Somali Calendar would be as of today using this list without any year affixed to it: 1- Dago = 30 days 2- Maalmadoone = 31 3- Bildhurahore = 30 4- Bildhuradhexe = 31 5- Bildhuradambe = 30 6- Lifato = 31 7- Rajalhore = 31 8- Rajaldhexe = 31 9- Rajaldambe = 30 10- Waabariis = 30 11- Gasayar = 29 12- Sabuux = 31 Today which is 04/05/2013 is equal to Rajaldambe oo bisha sagaalaad ee Soomaalida ah, maalinkuna waa Agaalli(sabti) anoo listigan isticmaalaya: Case = axad Lamme = isniin sa.de = talaado Carte = arbaco Uguux = khamiis Agaax = jamco Agaalli = sabti Laakiin dhibaatada i heesata ayaa waxey tahey sanadka Soomaalida, we are way before the Gregorian calendar or the Hijri Calendar, so to find the Somali Year needs a lot of deep research, this can be found in many formats, by carbon-dating newly found treasures/cave painting etc Maanta waa Agaalli bishaan ku jirnana waa Rajaldambe.

I don't know which one is appropriate to use, and that is shaqa sugeyso Soomaalida dhan to standardize our language. This Somali Calendar has 6 months that end with 31 days, one ends with 29, and 5 with 30 days 1- Dago = 30 days 2- Maalmadoone = 31 3- Bildhurahore = 30 4- Bildhuradhexe = 31 5- Bildhuradambe = 30 6- Lifato = 31 7- Rajalhore = 31 8- Rajaldhexe = 31 9- Rajaldambe = 30 10- Waabariis = 30 11- Gasayar = 29 12- Sabuux = 31

^^Miyiga Somalia has no distinction in general when it comes to unique ancient Somali names, for example, planet Venus in Somali it is called Waxara-xidhxidh in the North(Bari & Waqooyi), where as Venus in the South it is called Maqala-xidhxidh, as you can see, not much difference there.

If you were asked this question: How did khamiis jamco sabti axad isniin talaado arbaco dated and came to be known in Somalia and when, without any hesitation, you will mention that they came to be known in Somalia in the last millenium or few hundreds back to 700AD. Oral transmission passed to generations after generations testify the period of the usage of the mentioned lists. You can however usethe most common days of the week, common in most parts of the miyiga, here they are: Case = axad Lamme = isniin sa.de = talaado Carte = arbaco Uguux = khamiis Agaax = jamco Agaalli = sabti These are most common one's, personally I have witnessed them being used in Miyiga recently as of last month.

Thanks MMA , I knew there were dozens of Cibaado they used to have, as you mentionedthere, if iyo aakhiro was their main belief that the world was if and aakhiro the hereafter, anybody who did not believe if & aakhiro would have caused great sin at those times. The interesting point to note is that Soomaalida at those times were xoola-dhaqato, and the rituals they gone through slaughtering the animals is almost the same as of today's rituals, mentioning the name of Allah, they mentioned WAAQ ayaa awood leh ama weyn.

^^ tiibo talyaani error from MMA, it is Bare.

Haatu, you can contribute if you can dig any resources, sxb I will keep updating this topic Inshaa Allaah

You failed to mention what I have asked you to provide as a reference to support your accusation of me bad-mouthing Somaliland, for that, I rest my case.

^^ Whatever Somalis at the time were called is not the case, they can be called anything for that matter, what matters now is that they have worshiped only one God, which they called Waaq, they paid Zakaat, doing their prayers according to the formats that were available to them, and other types of Cibaada such as forming xalaqaat mentioning thikriga Waaq, the name of God in Somali. Waaq doesn't have plural format, it is a unique name in its nature, hadaad dhahdo waaqyaal at the time kurkaalaguu dheereen that is how people back then maintained kalinimada Allah/Waaq. No Christian/Jewish has come to this territory, even if they have tried to spread their believes, Somalis refused it because they were not pagans, or idol worshipers and had a religion called "Islam" and were "Muslims" even before Nabi Maxamed.

^^ Innaa Lillaahi Wa Innaa Ilayhi Raajicuun, maxaa tidhi sxb, two big tribes came after Islam, why don't you just say Somalis are Arabs if that is what you are trying to say. Lets be clear first, Somalis existed before Prophet Mohamed(pbuh), but the question of Islam existed before Nabi Maxamed, so for that reason, Somalis were known to have worshiped only one God "WAAQ", or in Arabic/Hebrew/Aramaic "ALLAH". Somalis before Arabia or during/before Nabi Maxamed never worshipped idols or associated WAAQ/ALLAH with anything else, they have always maintained that GOD is one. Somalis traced their worship of God to that of during of Nabi Muuse and way before Nabi Ibraahim. It was only after Nabi Maxamed came that Somalis re-affirmed that they are Muslims even though they have being Muslims way before that because Somalis only worshipped one GOD(and the conversion case never took place, re-affirmation happened that proclaimed we were Muslims and now accept our final prophet), and that makes Somalis Muslims for their entire generations of existance even though some forms of worship were absent like doing the Hajj, but paying the Zakat, and a different type of Prayer/Salaad were used which was traced back to the era of Nabi Muuse/Fircoon times.

Can you reference/cite where I did bad-mouthed Somaliland, sxb, or where I sided with a particular entity.

Somali Calendar Months: Ancient Somali Calendar Months Dago = Muxarram Maalmadoone = Safar Bildhurahore = rabiicul awwal Bildhuradhexe = rabiicul thaani Bildhuradambe = jamaadul awwal Lifato = jamaadu thaani Rajalhore = rajab Rajaldhexe = shacbaan Rajaldambe = ramadan Waabariis = shawwaal Gasayar = thul-qacd Sabuux =thul-xajj The next list is the most recent Somali Months that are used on daily bases and has few Arabic words as well as unique Somali names. 1- Seko = Muxarram 2- Safar = safar 3- Mawliid = rabiicul awwal 4- Rajalhore, =rabiicu thaani 5- Rajaldhexe = jamaadul awwal 6- Rajaldambe = jamaadu thaani 7- Sabbuux =rajab 8- Waaberiis = shacbaan 9- Soon = Ramadan 10 Soonfur = shawwaal 11-Sidataal = thul qacd 12- Carrafo = thul xajj The next list of Somali Months date from durinng Fircoon times, but they lasted and were heard last as recent as 18th century, still is being heard in miyiga of any Somali territory. Toddob = January Fuushane = February Gu’soore = March Samuulaad = April Dirir = May Diraacgood = June Laxadhaqe = July Samalaho = August Kalahaan = September Dambarsame = October Baldaaq = November Lixkor = December

^^ Are you ok my friend!!

I made a reference in another thread about how our language is unique and has a word for everything that has being borrowed from other languages. I will start with the days of the week, ancient Somalis used to have unique names, this particular list was used until 10th century from 20AD, lasting for a long time, you can still hear these words in miyiga hadaad tagto: Case = axad Lamme = isniin sa.de = talaado Carte = arbaco Uguux = khamiis Agaax = jamco Agaalli = sabti The following days of the week was used during the Fircoon times, as you can see, some names sound familiar, the trade inter-change between the Somalis and qowmkii Fircoon is something to be mentioned, Somalis are not Fircowni people, but existed during the Fircown times, Fircown relied on Somalis for the simplle things that was not found in Egypt at the time. Sunni = axad Sanni = isniin Koodaac = talaado Goonyaad = arbaco Ugbaad = khamiis Hoyaad = jamco Nagaad = sabti Not only that, but we also have other names for the days of the week, this one was used 500BC and until during Nabi Ciise period: Koobin = axad Lammin = isniin Lamtoka = talaado Koodaar = arbaco Hakisa = khamiis Hakisbil = jamco Sooroga = sabti But the most interesting scenario is that other languages lack what Somali language has to offer, this is true for the following points: 7 days of the week in any order: 1- Dorraad 2- Shalay 3- Maanta 4- Berri 5- Berri-dambe 6- Saa-dambe 7- Saakuun even Arabic language failed to have proper names as the one's I just mentioned, English might have something like the day before yesterday which sounds childish. We also have this for the days of the week, these date and were used from 10th century until 14th century: Malkow = axad Mallabo = isniin Malsed = talaado Malafar = arbaco Malseyr = khamiis Malkulan = Jimco Malnasyo = Sabti The last list of the days of the week used sun/moon/star/planet names, this is all the most interesting one's as each day of the week is affixed with something that resembles in terms of weather/environment/season etc, this was used as recent as the 500 years to 18th century, still some of it is used in miyiga. Malqor(from qorrax from sun) = axad Malday(from dayax from moon)= isniin Maldus(from planet Dusaa or Mercury) = talaado Malwax(from waxara-xidhxidh or Venus) = arbaco Malfar(from Farraare planet or Mars) = khamiis Malcir(from Cirjeex planet or Jupiter) = jimco Malraag(from Raage planet or Saturn) = sabti I will update this topic and continue with the months of the calendar that Somali language has to offer, unique Somali calendar months.

The ethnic Somalilanders in the UK number about 2.8 million ethnic Hashimitte Somalilanders, in the USA, they number about 3.4 million pure ethnic Somalilanders, in Sweden the numbers are not encouraging but an estimmated half a milion clean sheet ethnic landers live in SSweden, and the rest Scandanavian countries they do number around 1.8 million, in Australia it is getting better and estimated 8.8 million Somalilanders live there, in NFD/Kenya, it is even better, 28.4 million Hashimites live there.

lool I thought you know Italian Jacbur, but never mind, you are lost in the wilderness if you thought that was taking the piss, next lesson for me: Alpha ha kula kaftamin Af-Talyaani

Inaar Alphaniyoow, waa iska caadiyoos almiino muuno maandara asasiino muundo muufadi cambuulo kontoraban istaraashadi silsilatul kadeed

jigjiga-yar and southern sl, and UNDP, you lost me inaar, lost indeed, Jamaame was my favourite of all, we used to go there for short holidays, as well as Afgooye for the weekends(thursday and fridays).

Naxar Nugaaleed;945514 wrote: is balcad really this green though It is indeed green, when you talk about Balcad, you are actaully talking about an area that divides the Shabelle River, so anything that is of the other side of wabiga shabeele is dhul beereed waana Carra-Madow, the side that is soo jiro dhanka Xamar after Kontoroolka Balcad is mostly not dhul beereed and is made of Carra-Gaduud qurux badan ood iskaba seexan karto and no dirty at all. We used to have beero in Balcad that used to produce everything from all khudrad and fruits, Canuuni, Qare(xabxab), Liin dhanaan, Liin Macaan etc, I think it is time we claim back that paradise now, I know exactly where they were located, beeraha are recognized by ways of numbers, stage numbers, hector numbers , even if some beero that were next to ours expanded their territory to ours, still it is easy to know what belonged to who and what size etc My next visit, Balcad here I come.

Sheekadaan inaan akhriyo wey ii goysey, hada unbaan jaanis u helay. caadi maaha runti