SayidSomal Posted March 1, 2010 Which of the following words in somali would you say are standard - i.e - everyone would understand regardless of region. unfortunately -i understand all of them and use them interchangeable. Also on the debate over the 'r' verses the 'dh', which one would you say is more of word-distinguisher?? e.g. do you say "weedh" or "weer" for the word "sentence" in somali?? shaati/shaadh gabar/gabadh sameysaan/qabataan tagtaa/aaddaa? gaari/gaadhi? weyday/weysay akhrinayaa/ akhriyayaa akhridaa/ akhrisaa akhrinta/akhriska huruud/jaalle shandad/boorso koodh/jaakad quraarad/dhalo eeg or fiiri roodhi/rooti madbakhaa/jikada baaskiil/bushkaleeti saldhig/istaanka dhaqaa/maydhaa thanks guys for your anticipated help in this matter. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UZTAAD Posted March 1, 2010 there is standarised somali so far. in the future we may have one in sha alah. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B Posted March 1, 2010 who cares. anyways we should cater for diversity. people are different. i am proud of my regional accent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SayidSomal Posted March 1, 2010 ^ i do. uztaad, there was committee in somalia that was working on standardising the academic language and they were doing well until the disruption. nevertheless, what i wanted was the COMMON somali. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B Posted March 1, 2010 disruption? that was 19 years ago. with no proper education system and war. peoples accents have taken a turn for the worse. lol koodh/jaakad - i use both but they have different meaning. koodh = coat jaakad = jacket. these words are not even somali. lol. and you talk about standard somali. how do you say coat in italian, wasnt somalia an italian colony? how comes all these word are all english. is that because of english being a lingua franca of the world. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UZTAAD Posted March 1, 2010 yes, i have seen some high school science text books written in Somali language. they used combination of different regional dialect for example walax (substance) instead of wax, which southern word. they also extensively used DH in place of R eg, gabadh instead of gabar Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SayidSomal Posted March 1, 2010 Uztaad - yes the committee succeeded in creating textbooks using somali as the medium of instructions in all subjects from primary upto senior high school and was working on the university level when the civil upheaval occured. re 'walax' vs. 'wax' - the later means 'thing' where as the first means 'kind of thing (material)' which is the correct word for substance. B&H learn to distinguish between 'origin' of the words and what they metamorphosed into in somali. no language in the wold can claim to be free from words from foreign languages. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SayidSomal Posted March 1, 2010 where are the somali masters? :rolleyes: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Che -Guevara Posted March 1, 2010 Whatever I speak is the standard Somali? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Haatu Posted March 1, 2010 I don't think there is Standard Somali. If there were, I'd suspect majority of the words to be Northern shaati gabar sameysaan/qabataan - I use both tagtaa/aaddaa? - both again gaari weyday akhrinayaa akhridaa/ akhrisaa - both akhrinta/akhriska - both jaalle boorso jaakad dhalo eeg or fiiri - both rooti jikada baaskiil saldhig dhaqaa Che I don't think anyone understands what you say Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
