Ethiopian habesha wedding

[Sheikh Kulkuli]

@xabashi which ethnic community is this.

I would think they are Amhara muslims.

 

[Octavian]

in the discription it says habesha weeding dance so im assuming its a xabesha wedding

 

[xabashi]

@xabashi which ethnic community is this.

I would think they are Amhara muslims.

Yes, it looks like so. All their music is also Amharic except the arabic ones. The mothers wear habesha cloth etc. So that is more probable.

 

[Sheikh Kulkuli]

Yes, it looks like so. All their music is also Amharic except the arabic ones. The mothers wear habesha cloth etc. So that is more probable.

So they are not Gurage right.

What about them being wollega oromos?

 

[xabashi]

So they are not Gurage right.

What about them being wollega oromos?

If they were Gurage or Wollega, one may expect at least one song in their language but what I hear is all Amharic. And the habesha cloth is more of Amhara/Tigray style.

 

[Sheikh Kulkuli]

If they were Gurage or Wollega, one may expect at least one song in their language but what I hear is all Amharic. And the habesha cloth is more of Amhara/Tigray style.

Arent most ethnicities in Addis amharanised like those that lived for generations in Addis Ababa?

 

[xabashi]

Arent most ethnicities in Addis amharanised like those that lived for generations in Addis Ababa?

That could be and that is also the reason that I am hesitant. Addis Ababans have so to say their own identities and sometimes it is hard to identify them to specific ethnic group. Having said that, mostly on weddings, relatives from kilils come and normally the ethnic group song is also played. But who knows may be if we watch the whole wedding we could find another language. May be it is a gurage and amhara wedding. Whatever.

 

[Abba Sadacha]

Many non amhara's speak amharic too, keep in mind that many of us oromos consider amharic as one of ''our'' languages.

 

[xabashi]

Many non amhara's speak amharic too, keep in mind that many of us oromos consider amharic as one of ''our'' languages.

You are right especially in Addis Ababa it is really hard to tell who is who because everyone speaks Amharic.

 

[Sheikh Kulkuli]

You are right especially in Addis Ababa it is really hard to tell who is who because everyone speaks Amharic.

Do Addis ababans have a specific amharic accent that distinguishes them from.those in Showa and gonder or gojjam?

 

[Abba Sadacha]

You are right especially in Addis Ababa it is really hard to tell who is who because everyone speaks Amharic.

yeah i got family there, but most of my father's side is from jimma and they speak amharic just as much as they speak afaan oromo. some speak other ethiopian languages. my father spoke 4-5, amharic, afaan oromo, afaan somale, and arabic, of course english.
oromo's tend to speak their language + at least 1 more language, usually amharic.

django,
yes there are different dialects of amharic if that's what u asking

 

[Octavian]

Many non amhara's speak amharic too, keep in mind that many of us oromos consider amharic as one of ''our'' languages.

as an oromo is there an ethnicity that u guys don't consider to be related to oromos

 

[Abba Sadacha]

as an oromo is there an ethnicity that u guys don't consider to be related to oromos

Most of the ones in ethiopia are related, if you put me, a random abdi, a random hagos, and a random amhara dude in a room, you most likely will not be able to tell who is what.
I've been mistaken for somali more times than one can count. Had a somali elderly brother approach me at the mosque one time and start speaking afaan somale.