Linguistic diversity

[SOMALI GENERAL]

They’ll most likely die out like most unwritten languages, unless some outside group takes interest in them.

The Somali language itself is probably also at risk comparatively to other written languages, since this current era that will not be named, and hopefully be erased from our collective memories in the distant future, obliterated whatever was accomplished of the literacy rate.

I doubt Af Somali will go extinct for the foreseeable future. It's backed by a sovereign state by having official status & is the language of instruction; has strong media usage & is the common/native language for millions of people back home in the Horn etc.

 

[SOMALI GENERAL]

only Af Maay, the rest I dont matter

Why only Af Maay?

 

[Samaalic Era]

Why only Af Maay?

Af Maay is more realistic to support and serve as a Somalia's second language instead of diverting resources to small irrelevant languages Af garre and Tunni. The mushgunli and bravenese are foreign and should be banned

 

[SOMALI GENERAL]

Af Maay is more realistic to support and serve as a Somalia's second language instead of diverting resources to small irrelevant languages Af garre and Tunni. The mushgunli and bravenese are foreign and should be banned

If you were in power, the Bantus & Bravanese minorities would view your policies as an attack on their cultural identity which could spark more violence back home.

 

[Thegoodshepherd]

I doubt Af Somali will go extinct for the foreseeable future. It's backed by a sovereign state by having official status & is the language of instruction; has strong media usage & is the common/native language for millions of people back home in the Horn etc.

The Somali language will actually grow stronger in the future as we raise our literacy rate. The fact that Somalia is ethnically homogenous also helps in that it gives Somali a natural advantage. I think Somalis overtook the Amhara this past decade and became the second largest ethnic group in East Africa after the Oromo.

 

[Timo Jareer and proud]

The Somali language will actually grow stronger in the future as we raise our literacy rate. The fact that Somalia is ethnically homogenous also helps in that it gives Somali a natural advantage. I think Somalis overtook the Amhara this past decade and became the second largest ethnic group in East Africa after the Oromo.

No Amhara are still bigger (27 million vs 21 million)

 

[Thegoodshepherd]

No Amhara are still bigger (27 million vs 21 million)

The Amhara were 20 million in 2007, if you give them a growth rate of 2% per year, they are now at about 25 million. All estimates simply take the percentage that the Amhara had in 2007 and multiply it by the current population. This assumes that the Amhara grew at the same pace as Ethiopia as a whole when this is not the case. Amhara fertility has been in free fall since 2000, while Somali fertility is actually rising.

 

[Ayubi]

only Af Maay, the rest I dont matter

Af Maay is Somali, it’s just a different dialect. Just like Quebec French and French in France is spoken differently but part of the same language.

 

[Ayubi]

They’ll most likely die out like most unwritten languages, unless some outside group takes interest in them.

The Somali language itself is probably also at risk comparatively to other written languages, since this current era that will not be named, and hopefully be erased from our collective memories in the distant future, obliterated whatever was accomplished of the literacy rate.

There are about 14 million Somalis back home and 24 million abroad! Do you really think that Af Somali is at risk? That’s simply not true. Af Somali will never die unless Allah wills it.

 

[XaawoLuul]

Baravanese is basically Swahili so may it die.

Lool af maay is going nowhere those people breed like rabbits.

 

[Ayubi]

Baravanese is basically Swahili so may it die.

Lool af maay is going nowhere those people breed like rabbits.

Af maay is just a Somali dialect, I don’t know why people on here act like it’s a different language when it’s not.

 

[XaawoLuul]

Af maay is just a Somali dialect, I don’t know why people on here act like it’s a different language when it’s not.

Yeah but it sounds like primitive af-somali

 

[P4$t0]

Af maay is just a Somali dialect, I don’t know why people on here act like it’s a different language when it’s not.

How is Af maay a dialect when I can't even understand even a lick of Af Maay.

 

[SOMALI GENERAL]

How is Af maay a dialect when I can't even understand even a lick of Af Maay.

They claim its a dialect for political reasons. However, reality states otherwise. It's undoubtedly a language just like Af Garre etc.

 

[P4$t0]

They claim its a dialect for political reasons. However, reality states otherwise. It's undoubtedly a language.

I had a girl speak Af-maay to me before and I looked at her like "Abaayo what?"

Then laughed and told me it was a somali dialect.
So where did Af-maay come from originally?

 

[land owner]

I had a girl speak Af-maay to me before and I looked at her like "Abaayo what?"

Then laughed and told me it was a somali dialect.
So where did Af-maay come from originally?

It branched from proto somali

 

[P4$t0]

It branched from proto somali

Excuse me for sounding ignorant, but does that mean its the original Somali because if thats the case then I need to rethink life.

 

[land owner]

Excuse for sounding ignorant, but does that mean its the original Somali because if thats the case then I need to rethink life.

@Apollo is a better linguist than me ask him lol all I know is that it diverged from an older somali

 

[Ayubi]

People who believe Af maay is Somali because of “political reasons” or I can’t even understand” are Totally wrong and might be delusional. You may not understand it but that doesn’t mean it isn’t part of Somali.

An Arab may not understand another Arab speaking a different dialect but it’s still doesn’t change the fact that it’s Arabic. Classic Arabic is different from Modern standard Arabic but they both share the same language.

Af maay is just a Somali dialect spoken in Southwest Somalia by the rahanweyn, another Somali clan.

 

[AussieHustler]

only Af Maay, the rest I dont matter

@Samaalic Era

All languages are perfect and should be protected. What about Jiboutian.

Ninyaho Samaalic waxaan ka iri kan Timo Jaleec, qaado waxay iga tiri, @saredochani10 ayan kugu dacweyn, bal eeg.

That’s the Somali we would like to be the standard Somali. From reer waqooyi to mushungulli would understand it. Not this galti Mudug accent.