Languages/dialects spoken in southern Somalia

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

Saw this earlier on Reddit what y’all think ?

 

[Yami]

Diverse nation mashallah

 

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

Diverse nation mashallah

Outside of af maay dialect I don’t think the others are widespread probably localized to certain cities

 

[SadikBoom]

Diverse nation mashallah

Not really, nearly all of these are extremely small minorities.

 

[lovelypeaches]

Theres not even one minority language/dialect in the North . The south is very diverse.

 

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

Theres not even one minority language/dialect in the North . The south is very diverse.

True the diversity in Somalia is between the two rivers mainly

 

[SadikBoom]

Saw this earlier on Reddit what y’all think ?

Af Maay&Xamari are dialects not languages.

 

[Xeda]

some of these are just dialects, Somalia isn’t linguistically diverse, we have one main language and some Swahili languages spoken by minorities.

 

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

Af Maay&Xamari are dialects not languages.

I’m aware That why I put languages/dialects in the title

 

[novanova]

Alot of these are just swahili dialects

 

[Wild daisy 💐🌻💮]

All of these are just dialects except Swahili.

 

[berberaboy66]

True the diversity in Somalia is between the two rivers mainly

Rivers historically were always used as border areas. Best ways to stay safe from enemy attacks

 

[Garaad Awal]

Diverse nation mashallah

 

[Bille]

Theres not even one minority language/dialect in the North . The south is very diverse.

That is why Northerners get confused and hostile when they come to the South And because of their language limitations they make a lot of mistakes and there for they were given the nickname Somali Qaldaan.

Qaldaan means one who is always wrong.

 

[Bahal]

These languages are about as relevant to the vast majority of Somalia as Cajun or Pennsylvania Dutch is to America.

 

[Garaad Awal]

some of these are just dialects, Somalia isn’t linguistically diverse, we have one main language and some Swahili languages spoken by minorities.

Af Maay is a language, it isn’t mutually intelligible with Af-Maxaa (aka Somali). Stop disrespecting the Maay nation, af Maay should be taught in the schools of SW State. Long live the Maay nation

 

[Garaad Awal]

That is why Northerners get confused and hostile when they come to the South And because of their language limitations they make a lot of mistakes and there for they were given the nickname Somali Qaldaan.

Qaldaan means one who is always wrong.

We are the originals. Even Af-Maxaa in the south is broken due to heavy influence from Maay & Bantu speakers. I’m pretty sure Banadiri Somali has an Af-Maay substratum

 

[gasara]

That is why Northerners get confused and hostile when they come to the South And because of their language limitations they make a lot of mistakes and there for they were given the nickname Somali Qaldaan.

Qaldaan means one who is always wrong.

Don't most of y'all still speak Somali. I've had family members who stayed in the South in the 80s and they just spoke Somali there. Maybe certain regions are far more different from the North but others are just exactly the same as any other Somali region. So there wont be much of a limitation at all.

 

[Rayaale]

Af jiddo straight up sounds Oromo

 

[Bille]

Don't most of y'all still speak Somali. I've had family members who stayed in the South in the 80s and they just spoke Somali there. Maybe certain regions are far more different from the North but others are just exactly the same as any other Somali region. So there wont be much of a limitation at all.

I'm sure your family members took the time to learn bunch of new Somali words when they came to the South in the 80s! They also had to make a little adjustment the way they tell the time, when they made appointments with a Southerners. They probably also had to change the way they count numbers, and the money when they were at the market