Djibouti Somalis

[Thatsomaligirl]

My mom grew up there and alot of sacad muuse live in djibouti

Can confirm this, am one

 

[Khathead]

I was once lost somewhere in Djibouti city and asked people for directions. Only after like seven different tries did I manage to find someone who speaks Somali.

The Somali language is dead there.

Maybe they were Afar?

 

[Apollo]

Maybe they were Afar?

But like 7 times? What are the odds?

At one point I thought they were just taking the piss.

 

[Khathead]

But like 7 times? What are the odds?

At one point I thought they were just taking the piss.

What language did they respond in?

Is French widespread in Djibouti? Talked to one on the web and he said only the young and educated people who went to school knows the language @Thatsomaligirl @ebimomo

 

[Apollo]

What language did they respond in?

Unintelligible gibberish [probably Afar]
Head shakes
French

They don't speak any English either.

 

[merka]

I was once lost somewhere in Djibouti city and asked people for directions. Only after like seven different tries did I manage to find someone who speaks Somali.

The Somali language is dead there.

Lol they speak Somali but not your weird dialect boowe

 

[ebimomo]

What language did they respond in?

Is French widespread in Djibouti? Talked to one on the web and he said only the young and educated people who went to school knows the language @Thatsomaligirl @ebimomo

Everybody I met could speak French fluently so it's not limited to the young and educated.
I think whoever you spoke to was misinformed

 

[Apollo]

Lol they speak Somali but not your weird dialect boowe

Trust me, those people did not speak Somali at all.

In Hargeisa that would have never happened.

 

[merka]

Trust me, those people did not speak Somali at all.

In Hargeisa that would have never happened.

They mix it with some french words but its still Somali.

 

[Khathead]

Post french colonies are messed up. No matter what they all will start speaking french meanwhile countries colonized by italy or UK still speak their mother tongue and sometimes even abandon the colonial language all together

Italian, yes - English tho

 

[Apollo]

English it can go either way

Nigerians speak some shitty ass version of English as their native language. So do Sierra Leoneans and Liberians.

 

[Khathead]

Liberians and sierra leoneans are african americans that were sent back to africa so it makes sense they'd speak english. as for nigeria theres too many seperate languages and they wouldn't be able to function that way.

Not all of them and as far as I know it only happened in Liberia

 

[Canuck]

Trust me, those people did not speak Somali at all.

In Hargeisa that would have never happened.

Maybe you were in Afar or Ethiopian neighbourhood, It could be Ethiopians are exporting their illegal to Djibouti ?

 

[MARAQ DIGAAG]

Trust me, those people did not speak Somali at all.

In Hargeisa that would have never happened.

I had to act as an interpreter for a Somalian Djiboutian woman once.the interviewer said she spoke French too ,so apparently my help was not neeeed .i was called back in five minutes later as the interviewer could not understand her Broken af shimbir French . Lol.