Is Af-Maay really a separate language?

[shaab_]

I understand most of it, is it really a separate language?

[AhlulbaytSoldier]

I really dislike when those people speak afmaay and the amateurs of universal tv dont put subtitle.

[qoraxeey]

meey ka amee

[LivingToSucceed]

i understand half of it ..

[shaab_]

i understand half of it ..

It just sounds like broken Somali, not a separate language.

[LivingToSucceed]

^i know, but can't they say ( Qaf,Ceyn,Xa).Don't they read the quran?.

[union]

I can barley understand the Northern dialect. The Bantu lingo flies over my head totally.

[DR-YALAXOOW]

this (maay accent)is a pure form of original somali language(af maay) actually (maxaa tiri)(xaad tiri) accent which most somalis is a broken form of original somali language whichs(af maay), even abwaan hadraawi who made research about somali language he said. af maay is older than maxaa tiri. so this is real af soomaali. and my dr yalaxoow undertsnad almost 99% of it.