What’s the differences between northern and southern Somalis?

[empressjamila]

Other than accent/dialect lol. I’ve noticed a few differences since I’ve always lived in cities where most of the Somalis are from xamar or around there meanwhile my family is 100% reer waqooyi

One difference is food. Reer waqooyi dont be eating banana with rice all the time lol. Only sometimes. And we don’t eat certain pastries like shushumo (don’t know if I spelled that right). We also don’t eat cambuulo.

The culture is slightly diff too. I feel like northerners (esp reer djibouti) are more liberal while southerners are more conservative.

 

[Basra]

Northern country-- South are Woke

 

[Vital]

Other than accent/dialect lol. I’ve noticed a few differences since I’ve always lived in cities where most of the Somalis are from xamar or around there meanwhile my family is 100% reer waqooyi

One difference is food. Reer waqooyi dont be eating banana with rice all the time lol. Only sometimes. And we don’t eat certain pastries like shushumo (don’t know if I spelled that right). We also don’t eat cambuulo.

The culture is slightly diff too. I feel like northerners (esp reer djibouti) are more liberal while southerners are more conservative.

We don’t eat banana with rice all the time too and what different foods do you guys eat?

 

[killerxsmoke]

The north dont eat mush mush

 

[Basra]

The north dont eat mush mush
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this is delicious. It looks healthy too. But i don't like the ones in somali mall here in minneapolis. Those ones look larger and crude and greasy

 

[killerxsmoke]

The north says laxoox for canjeero

 

[notinuse.]

As a northern I disagree, I don't know about Djibouti since they have a big French influence but Somalilanders are incredibly conservation worse than reer xamar.

 

[Sol]

Greenery

 

[Osiris1]

The north says laxoox for canjeero

The North have a lot more Arabic loanwords too. 'Laxoox' iirc is a Yemeni word in origin

 

[killerxsmoke]

The North have a lot more Arabic loanwords too. 'Laxoox' iirc is a Yemeni word in origin

Yes

 

[canjeeroiyoshah]

In terms of mannerisms, the northerners are more straightforward/blunt whereas in the south they tend to mince their words

 

[Hamzza]

Southerners have broad features from what I've seen especially when you compare them to Northerners who are slim, this is probably due to Southerners mixing with their Madow neighbors. Also, Northerners are much hairier than Southerners.

 

[Garaad diinle]

I'm from xamar and i say laxoox malawax and canjeero.

 

[Hamzza]

I'm from xamar and i say laxoox malawax and canjeero.

In Gobolka Mudug we say Canjeelo.

 

[OhMan]

Southerners have broad features from what I've seen especially when you compare them to Northerners who are slim, this is probably due to Southerners mixing with their Madow neighbors. Also, Northerners are much hairier than Southerners.

Anecdotal..

 

[anon2]

Southerners have broad features from what I've seen especially when you compare them to Northerners who are slim, this is probably due to Southerners mixing with their Madow neighbors. Also, Northerners are much hairier than Southerners.

Mixing did not happen. Maybe less than 5% of Ethnic Southern Somalis have Bantoid admixture. Also northerners are not hairier, nor are do they have different features, the hairiest guy I know is an Abgaal and he looks like a pitch black version of Nazi aryan propaganda

These notions of ethnic Somalis being different than each other physically should be debunked. Somalis look the way they do due to selective breeding and keeping your clan lineage pure. Only Bantus and Reer Xamar are outside this spectrum, even in this case; for example: a lot Cadcads have become assimilated and look no different than Somalis

 

[killerxsmoke]

Southerners have broad features from what I've seen especially when you compare them to Northerners who are slim, this is probably due to Southerners mixing with their Madow neighbors. Also, Northerners are much hairier than Southerners.

Since when were u good at trolling

 

[Dima&Damo]

The north says laxoox for canjeero

I say canjeelo

 

[OhMan]

The difference
Southerner

Northerner:

 

[Hamzza]

Mixing did not happen. Maybe less than 5% of Ethnic Southern Somalis have Bantoid admixture. Also northerners are not hairier, nor are do they have different features, the hairiest guy I know is an Abgaal dude and he looks like a pitch black version of Nazi aryan propaganda

I'm speaking from experience bro, visited Southern Somalia in 2018; it was an eye-opening trip for me, whole clans I was counting as Jileec turned to be Madow.