Marriage outside your clan (exogamy) of the Somali

[reer_ugaas_hussein]

This talks about how somali did not marry their near relatives or within their clan but mostly practiced exogamy ( marrying outside your community)

source: Lessons in Survival: The language and culture of Somalia by Annarita Puglielli

 

[Yaraye]

what woman wants to be the consolation gift for bloodshed?! thank god that's gone!

 

[Ibn Abdon]

Lmao, a friend of mine, told me that Somalis believe that if you married your cousin then you are straightly — Dayoth.

 

[Odious Delirium]

Lmao, a friend of mine, told me that Somalis believe that if you married your cousin then you are straightly — Dayoth.

What does that mean? Straightly???

 

[Ibn Abdon]

What does that mean? Straightly???

The word is incomprehensible because I used it in an Arabic context, so when I say it in English it seems strange... ignore it.

 

[Odious Delirium]

The word is incomprehensible because I used it in an Arabic context, so when I say it in English it seems strange... ignore it.

Say the Arabic so I can understand it

 

[Ibn Abdon]

Say the Arabic so I can understand it

سأقولها بالعامية:
قالي خوي، إنه عندنا إذا تزوجت من بنت عمك أو خالك، فمباشرة بتُعتَبر ديوث.

 

[Odious Delirium]

سأقولها بالعامية:
قالي خوي، إنه عندنا إذا تزوجت من بنت عمك أو خالك، فمباشرة بتُعتَبر ديوث.

Hmm OK I guess I understand why you translated it like that I don't know how else to do it myself. It just doesn't make sense in English

 

[The alchemist]

From a study:

One obvious example is the low migration rate between the Ethiopian Somali and the other Ethiopian populations, and as expected high migration rate inferred between the different Somali groups.

 

[Internet Nomad]

Good intermarrying between clans is healthy. We don't want inbred clans.