Somali and Arabic don't sound nothing alike as both are dfferent language branches but falls under the same family tree.
How does somali sound like to foreigners?
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Languages sound different to foreigners. How many Somalis can tell apart the difference between Slavic languages?
If a cadaan hears magaca wa ficanahay wa kheyr it can sound like Arabic.
I was recently at an airport and heard a family speaking a language. At first, I thought it was Somali or some strange dialect due to the tone and hearing Somali sounding words every few seconds. Then I realised it was most likely Saho or some kind of Afar. Imagine a Scottish man hearing trying to differeniate between Arabic,Somali and Tigrinaya.
Saho, Afar and Maxaa Tiri can seem to have harsh C and S which can make it more Arabic sounding to people. Af Maay sounds slightly more Oromo to due to the tonal sounds and the absence of the throat sounds.
One of my Arab friends said “the Somali language annoys me because it sounds like Arabic but I can’t understand it.
He went on to explain that whenever he heard Somali, he thought it was Arabic but got confused as to why he can only pick up certain words and not whole sentences.
He went on to explain that whenever he heard Somali, he thought it was Arabic but got confused as to why he can only pick up certain words and not whole sentences.
I understand what you are saying but you cannot mistake Somali for Arabic as every language has a paticular sound. For example can you mistake Persian for Arabic even though they share a border with an arab country.
Every language has a particular sound but it’s not always discernible to outsiders. It’s possible for an outsider to think Somali is Arabic if you played them an audio. Persian isn’t in the same language family and doesn’t have the throat sounds Arabic/Somali share.
These people thought she was speaking a South Asian language.
Op asked how Somali sounds to foreigners, it's obvious that an average European will assume it's Arabic when they hear sounds they associate with Arabic . I agree that Somali is less gluttonal than Arabic , we have X , C etc but maybe at a slightly less frequency
Iraqw sounds very Amharic though lol
Afar doesn’t sound anything as Somali I would say Oromo is more closer
It’s impressive how they managed to preserve their language despite being surrounded by different tribes
If I recall Japanese words end in vowels a lot pretty similar to Somali
That maay maay video is hilarious. Amharic sounds nothing like somali, but Iraqw sounds similar to somali, the entire structure of the language. The start and stops. all the same.
thats ridiculous, I think its because of the amount of loan words we have. No ones looking at a somali and associating with arabs. Maybe if you were Persian
Yeah the flow sounds very Somali, I only listened for the first few seconds.
Yes but it's my understanding that Amhara is very cushitic influenced in vocabulary and structure while still being semitic. I'd say it's kinda like English being a Germanic language with huge romance language influence that makes it very distant from fellow Germanic languages like Swedish or German. Tigrinya on the other had has very Arabic like vibes
It mostly sounds like Arabic middle eastern and to a lesser degree Asian to foreigners
I saw another clip with a Somali girl participating but cant find it but they said the same about it sounding like Arabic and Asian.
Shoutout to that Cadaan guy who guessed Somali correctly , ''Somali hip hop group'' lool.
Edit: found it , they are saying Asian lool
I saw another clip with a Somali girl participating but cant find it but they said the same about it sounding like Arabic and Asian.
Shoutout to that Cadaan guy who guessed Somali correctly , ''Somali hip hop group'' lool.
Edit: found it , they are saying Asian lool
