Marriage outside your clan (exogamy) of the Somali

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

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source: Lessons in Survival: The language and culture of Somalia by Annarita Puglielli
 
Lmao, a friend of mine, told me that Somalis believe that if you married your cousin then you are straightly — Dayoth.
 
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
 
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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.
 
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