Which Af-Soomaali dialect is the standard dialect?

[Al Dhoobe]

Gaari is used in India too and guess what? It's not called 'Gaadhi' there.

Gaadhi or gaari doesn't come from the indian language, wth.... Gaari ama Gaadhi comes from the root word gaadh. Meeshaas ii gaadhsi, halka ayaan dooneya inaan gaadho hence the word Gaadhi.

Ta labaad it's well known where the pure language and somali culture was retained. And that's why Hargeysa was always known as the center of hiddo iyo dhaqan for geyiga soomaliyeed. The poet of this century, Hadraawi waa nin reer burco ah. The poets before him were always northern, whether Sayidka, salaan carabbey, Timmocade, etc. It's a well known fact where the pure language lies

 

[Game]

Sometimes when i am bored, i fire up YouTube and watch Sooraan iyo Jawaan and i don't understand half of what they are saying.

All i hear is....'Qaw Naw Jaw. Hayaay! Ictiraaf'.

LooL

 

[Bahal]

If you don't speak Mudug you don't speak Somali.

 

[Bahal]

Dh literally has one use and one use alone, it differentiates between the d sound and the dh sound like in Arabic, deeqo, diin, diyaarad vs. dhoobe, dheh, baradho, candho, etc.

 

[Thegoodshepherd]

If you cannot say "waxan ku iri" ama "ari" then something is wrong with your Somali.
If you speak differently than Reer Galkacyood you have an accent.

 

[Al Dhoobe]

If you can't differentiate between us(exclusive) and us (inclusive ) then something is wrong with YOUR somali.

You guys from Ras Caseyr to ras kambooni will speak with an audience of somalis and ajnabis and say Dhulkeeni, wadankeeni etc. War dhulka may nala leeyihiin? Of course not. This is a clear weakness in your oratory skills. While in the Waqooyi dialect we say Dhulkayagi, wadankayagi. Kayagi for exclusiveness and keeni for inclusiveness.

 

[Thegoodshepherd]

The reason we say Dhulkeeni is because we believe the land is shared by every somali.

Oratory skill Walwal iyo Wardheer laga waayey miyaa Hargaysa laga helaya?

 

[Al Dhoobe]

The reason we say Dhulkeeni is because we believe the land is shared by every somali.

Oratory skill Walwal iyo Wardheer laga waayey miyaa Hargaysa laga helaya?

So when you're with a sibling and talking about you and your families car, house etc to a third person you say gaarigeeni, iyo gurigeeni. This is 100% weak af somali since it doesn't have exclusiveness in the "our". You should be saying gurigayagi, gaadhigayagi since the third person doesn't own it with you and your sibling.

To put it simple the only clans that speak proper somalis are all isaaq , gadbuursi, most of the cagdheer, most warsangeli ,and the dhulos.

MJ boy stick to fishing boowe, leave abwaanimada iyo sugaanta to your harti brethren wey kaa aftahsan yihiin.

 

[Hubble]

Gaadhi or gaari doesn't come from the indian language, wth.... Gaari ama Gaadhi comes from the root word gaadh. Meeshaas ii gaadhsi, halka ayaan dooneya inaan gaadho hence the word Gaadhi.

Ta labaad it's well known where the pure language and somali culture was retained. And that's why Hargeysa was always known as the center of hiddo iyo dhaqan for geyiga soomaliyeed. The poet of this century, Hadraawi waa nin reer burco ah. The poets before him were always northern, whether Sayidka, salaan carabbey, Timmocade, etc. It's a well known fact where the pure language lies

We say 'gaarsii' sorry huuno but you're the one with an accent. Those are poets who are golden age poets with great vocabulary and oratory skills but that doesn't mean 'dh' has to be inserted where it doesn't belong.

 

[Thegoodshepherd]

The Somali language is already written, VOA and BBC will not start using "idhi" and "kooga" anytime soon.

 

[yas/London]

I beg you slap youself. FFS

Is there really such a thing as an original standard dialect?

 

[CrazyWadaad]

Reer woqooyi is the pure somali la7jad

 

[Mckenzie]

Dhoobe is right, but we say waan imaanahaya not "imaanhaya" if you're going to speak about Somalis and pronounciation atleast get the spelling right to avoid confusion.

The radio spoken Somali is definitely not Northern. It's anything north of Beledweyne and south of Garowe and East of Dhagaxbuur and West of Hobyo.

 

[Thegoodshepherd]

Dhoobe is right, but we say waan imaanahaya not "imaanhaya" if you're going to speak about Somalis and pronounciation atleast get the spelling right to avoid confusion.

The radio spoken Somali is definitely not Northern. It's anything north of Beledweyne and south of Garowe and East of Dhagaxbuur and West of Hobyo.

Basically ex-Mudug, Warder and Korahay.

 

[Grant]

A language is a dialect with an army and a navy. Siad Barre spoke Standard Somali.

 

[Al Dhoobe]

A language is a dialect with an army and a navy. Siad Barre spoke Standard Somali.

Siyad barre spoke the baranbaro dialect