how many laguages do u often hear in the somali language

[asha aviv]

side burns *ouch*

[asha aviv]

ani-me-hebrew

aba-dad-hebrew

koursi-couch-arabic

fringitiere-fridge-french

baraf-snow-hindi

paisa-money-punjabi

[asha aviv]

almost everyone i ask

says: somali is not a language

its juzt stolen words

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

Soomaali is a real language. Nothing that is stolen. All languages borrow one word from another. Ingiriis is the most culprit when it comes to this. It is basically Laatiin [Faransiis, Talyaani, Isbaanish and Burtuqiis], Afjarmal, Scandinavian and Gareek. Then there are a considerable Carabi and Persian within it. So it is basically af la isku kabkabay, since very few of its original Anglo-Saxon words remain in use today.

 

Aniga [ani] waa as Soomaali as adiga [adi]. A lot of words we share with the distant relative of our language, which is Cushitic, to Semetic. Tell me, which side borrowed from which since 'anaa' and 'ani' of Carabi and Hebrew are the same? Or Abaa/abuu of Hebrew and Carabi? They share tens of thousands of words, yet no person accuses each language 'stealing' other's one since they say they are "cousins."

 

By the way, if you are familiar with our language, you would notice the there are a lot of original, authentic Soomaali words that paved the way to shisheeye words. The word 'shisheeye' itself is such an example. Many people unconsciously use "ajnabi," instead of shisheeye. Af is another threatened one, by luuqad. Another one is nabad for salaan. "Waa la idin salaamay" and "ma nabad baa" have the same quintessential meaning, but many people don't realize that. Many Soomaali words were lost because of this carelessness. We probably had a word for "kursi," but lost [perhaps it was fadhi]. Its closest remaining today is wambar/gambar.

 

And about baraf, it is just a coincidence we share some words with Hindiyan subcontinent. Who knows baraf, gaari, etc, they perhaps borrowed from us. Why it is always the us being the borrowers.

 

So, the problem is you, not Afsoomaali. Baro afkaaga.

[asha aviv]

i noe i didnt wana believe this

but ..u noe somali(somaale)is the only word that

belongs to us .

the words that sounds like african words

are bantu nd some hebrew arabic

[asha aviv]

most if my family r mixed

nd they noe so many langs

but not me

nd they also agreed on this

nd im not good at speakin somali i only

understand since the rest of my family speak

tigrinya

[Oz]

^^^ Confused and Lost..

[asha aviv]

lol

[asha aviv]

no words belong to the somali langauge

but god knows wat we r talkin about.........

alakooleyhal-uknow what -arabic

inta-here-many diferent definition god knows

fargeto-fork-italian

shukoman-towel-italian

roti-bread-african nd carribean krio

sitiman-month-italian

sharmouto-the "b" word-lebanese

kibir-selfish-lebanese

kourbeto-blanket-italian

[me]

^^ You don't know much about teh Somali language do you. Young person learn! Af Soomaali soo baro marka hore.

 

The Somali language is one of the richest in the world.

 

Read Somali poetry instead of looking for slang words.

[Taliban]

Some corrections:

 

abaa is Oromo (or Somali Abo)

farkeeto - forchetta

shukumaan - asciugamano

roti is from India

sitimaan - settimana

kubeerto - coperto

[me]

roti - furan (soomaali)

sitimaan - todobaad (soomaali)

aabe waa soomaali

 

Erayada aad sheegaysaan oo dhan, eray af soomaali toosan ah wuu jiraa, marka afka soomaaliga ah si fiican u soo barta.

[Taliban]

Originally posted by me:

aabe waa soomaali

That's not the only one used by Somalis. Some use abaa, abaabo, iwm.

[me]

^^ how many words does the Somali language have? whats the percentage of borrowed words? 2%?

[Didi Kong]

Originally posted by l'hit'er'ot medaberet anglit:

kourbeto-blanket-italian

I don't know what sorta of weirdos called blankets that. It is soo weird.