Why is it so hard to understand af waqooyi

[QueenofKings]

You don't like Ajakis ?

He’s not so bad, there’s much worse than him. The accent I’m thinking of is shangani xamar cad cad meets Bantu chimwini but also ghetto ( so it’s inarticulate, all the words run into each other and everything is a slang word or some weird idiom known only to their ciyaal xaafad).

 

[Sloane Ranger]

He’s not so bad, there’s much worse than him. The accent I’m thinking of is shangani xamar cad cad meets Bantu chimwini but also ghetto ( so it’s inarticulate, all the words run into each other and everything is a slang word or some weird idiom known only to their ciyaal xaafad).

Damn that sounds insane. Link the video if you have an example.

 

[salma saluuni]

He’s not so bad, there’s much worse than him. The accent I’m thinking of is shangani xamar cad cad meets Bantu chimwini but also ghetto ( so it’s inarticulate, all the words run into each other and everything is a slang word or some weird idiom known only to their ciyaal xaafad).

I agree. It’s cancer to the ear when you hear some of them speak.

 

[Boogie]

I agree. It’s cancer to the ear when you hear some of them speak.

Astagfurallah

 

[kickz]

Af maay is the hardest, that literally is a different language with some Somali words mixed in.

 

[Amirah]

I don’t mind a northern accent, standard northern accent is quite nice. It’s the ghetto xamarie accent I can’t stand. Every time I hear someone talk like that all my muscles contract and I immediately assume they have low Iq.

lol I thought I was the only person that gets instantly agitated when I hear their accent. And honestly I have no idea why it triggers me so much either but I just can’t deal with it...

 

[Amazonian]

You gotta start treating Somali like English fam. Masha allah af Soomaaligu waa qani. It comes in different accents and you gotta learn to enjoy it. My favorite Somali accent is from Djibouti hadaad dhageysato qosol baad udhiman kkkkkk

 

[Saredo]

You gotta start treating Somali like English fam. Masha allah af Soomaaligu waa qani. It comes in different accents and you gotta learn to enjoy it. My favorite Somali accent is from Djibouti hadaad dhageysato qosol baad udhiman kkkkkk

Qosol?

 

[Marshall D Abdi]

Aggressive woqooyi accent + the famous poking ur eyes hand gesture

Deadly combo wallahi billahi

 

[Yoobudy]

Aggressive woqooyi accent + the famous poking ur eyes hand gestureView attachment 172097
Deadly combo wallahi billahi

Aryaa hee naga leexoo

 

[Jiron]

I love the waqooyi dialect and I understand it, however sometimes they can be a bit aggressive with their hands. You have to be prepared to take few pokes in a conversation

 

[Marshall D Abdi]

I love the waqooyi dialect and I understand it, however sometimes they can be a bit aggressive with their hands. You have to be prepared to take few pokes in a conversation

This what Im talking about niggas cant control their hands

 

[Hodan from HR]

Waaqoyi somali has Arabic words too so it is not 100% pure. For example; they say shandad for borso/bag which is shanda in Arabic.



It sounds fancy ngl ☺

 

[J-Rasta]

Af waqooyi is the true somali dialect, if you’re a Somali man speaking in a konfuur accent, I won’t take you seriously



we don’t have time for that abaayo-aboowe nooh filth

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Wtf is this qashin , marka hore inta aadan afkaaga furin wax hubso.
Educate yourself first!

I think this is where the problem stems from , this ridiculous stereotypes and generalisation makes one look ridiculous , You call anyone from the cliffs of Xaafun to the sea beds of Ras Kambooni a reer koonfur
Which is cringe and only makes you half witted

And no kaama yeelayo , lahjadda laga hadlo xamar nawaaxigeeda, iyo goboladda ka sookeeya sida Hiiraan lahjad gooni ayay leeyihiin ee na ma matalaan , sido kale hadaladda bartamaha Soomaaliya reer dhuusomareeb iyo kuwa reer Puntland gaar ahaan reer mudug way isu dhaw yihiin ee waa lahjad gooni ee isu ma dhawa lahjaddada koonfureed laga hadlo Shabeellada dhexe , Bay , Bakool , Jubbada dhexe, hoose.


So stfu and eat a cactus lol

 

[Nabiil]

How many people understand these guys completely ?

Here they’re purposely using tongue twisters, obscure words and speaking faster to make it harder to understand for entertainment purposes

Listen to this reporter he has the quintessential waqooyi accent:

 

[Sloane Ranger]

Here they’re purposely using tongue twisters, obscure words and speaking faster to make it harder to understand for entertainment purposes

Listen to this reporter he has the quintessential waqooyi accent:

I only understood afew words from the one I posted but I understood everything from the second one. That clip definitely threw me off because I've never heard of anything like it.

 

[J-Rasta]

Waaqoyi somali has Arabic words too so it is not 100% pure. For example; they say shandad for borso/bag which is shanda in Arabic.



It sounds fancy ngl ☺

Walaal, they have so many Arabic loanwords , it's intertwined with their Somali vocabulary so I highly doubt it's authenticity

General Somali	Lahjadda Waqooyi	Foreign Loanwords
Ukun	Baydh	بيض
Nal	Laydh	Light
Feero	Kaawiyad	derives from الكاوية
Qaado	Malqacad	الملعقة
Cusbo	Milix	ملح
Dooro	Digaag	دجاج
Yaanyuur	Bisad	derives from قطة
Gaduud	Casaan	derives from أسمر
Jeer	Waqti	الوقت

And no neither is the Somali spoken in Mudug or Xamar 100% Somali but let's not get political right now

 

[Nabiil]

I only understood afew words from the one I posted but I understood everything from the second one. That clip definitely threw me off because I've never heard of anything like it.

Btw theres no single waqooyi accent and dialect and it doesn’t just belong to “Isaaq”. The main parts of Somali gableed and Djibouti also speak with the so called waqooyi accent but with slight differences.
Bosaaso and ceerigaabos are similar despite bosaso not being considered as waqooyi. Even Gabliey which is 60km from Hargeisa has more in common with Djibouti and Borama

@Hodan from HR It’s wrong to portray waqooyi dialect as using more Arabic loan words and southern dialect more original it’s actually more complex than that. There’s actually instances where there’s Arabic loan words in southern Somali that aren’t used in north. For example miiyi is more commonly used in the north whereas baadiye in the south with baadiye obviously being a loan word from the Arabic badawi or Bedouin in English. There’s more instances of Arabic loan words in south but not used north but can’t remember at the moment

@Rastavelli-67 You’re reaching with casaan and bisad. Also jeer is used in the north too. “ Had iyo jeer ” “ Imisa jeer”

 

[J-Rasta]

Somali Dialects
Has 70 and more distinct dialects but they are not included in the mainstream dialects and unfortunately the outside influences are destroying their originality
Maxaa Tiri :
Waan Qaadanaya - General Somali
Waan Qaadanaaya - Waqooyi/ Central Somalia/ Puntland/K5
Waan Qaadanooya/ Waa Qaada -Benadiri/Xamar and surrounding areas
Waan Qaadana - Marka/ Shabeelle
Waan Qaadan Haa - Southern Shabeelle
Maay :
Qaadadoo Hayaa
Afa -Tunni
Qaadaal Hasha
Af- Jiidu
Qaadad Aaya
Afaan - Garre
Qaadad Sheyay
Af- Dabarre
Qaadadoo Heesaha



Af- Biimaal
Waa qaadanee / waa qaadow / waan qaatii

Af- Ajuuraan
Waa qaandatee / waa qaandow / wan qaande

(Note these two dialects are not listed in Maxaa Tiri as they are not mutually intelligible with Maxaa Tiri , they are qualified to be in their own sections or even their own languages since they're were uninterrupted and limited no foreign loanwords in their vocabulary ).

 

[J-Rasta]

Gabay ku qoran
Afka- Maayga
"Áng kasto ye seertá galbaaned i rahmáddá Eebe wiiná udugsádaasá, hatáná way bánaangká áng teegángta áni ye waqtágá lá shoortá. Wayná shoorká ye sheleediye ká jertá i sheekodá masqangtiye ku dereertá eed qiib ángku qaadádeeyá godgoddoongká laamo berdaagá o debeelá ruhaasá.
surunaangti binaanki wey hiisi ing weeley uthugi i isgoowki seerti i dubigi gathuuthow o binaangki fidhii
seereey seer murugeed, isgoowka mey tare hoobi aw mad keer berdaaga hoostis gahawi iniinki jeeyana ya is teri
ilaahow kiing naharisoy aw madkeer eetha kiingki dorsithi reedka gahawi jelmed mal kikarsini ya raasithi"