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Re: somalis words of arabic origin

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AbuukarSubeer wrote:Sariir
Marwaaxad
gidaar
xariif
Qalin
Siyaasad
musbaar
masaxaad
sixni
rasaas
aroos
aroosad
meher
casho
shaqo
mishquul
tabceen
muftaax

somali is a arabic language folks, accept it. Countless of words are arabic.
Almost all those words have Somali equivalent. And what the heck is sixni? Arabic words are generally used by city folks. Somalis in the countryside use pure Somali. For example, my grandma (AUN) never used "wakhti" like my mom and dad but always said "waxaan goor loo ma hayo." There is nothing special about some foreign words in Somali language be they English, Hindu, Arabic, Swahili, etc. But Somali is distinct and unique language which is distantly related to Arabic (and other semetic languages).
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Re: somalis words of arabic origin

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TheblueNwhite wrote:
Waxaa la soo gaarey waqti ay lagama maarmaan tahay in la is weydiiyo su'aalaha kor ku taxan, lacuriyo jawaabo caqli gal ah, kadibna jawaabahaas la galiyo dood qaran oo loo adeegsado qalabka dadka is gaarsiiya (mass communication), dood dadka indhaha u furta, una iftiimisa halka uu jiro iridkiisa samatabixinta, halka ay tahay in ay dadkani beegsadaan iyo habka ay tahay in ay wax u qabtaan, haddii ay doonayaan in ay is badbaadshaan, haddii ay xugman tahay in la badbaadiyo wixii weli la badbaadin karo
pg5, p2, Dal dad Waayey iyo duni damiir beeshay. Maxamed D. Afrax
At least:
-waqti
-su'aalaha
-jawaabo
-caqli
-xugman
-duni
-damiir
NoAngst. wrote:And what the heck is sixni?
Saxan.
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Re: somalis words of arabic origin

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I'd say a good 1/3 of my Somali is Arabic.
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Arabman wrote:
MidriGeez wrote:lol i couldn't stop laughing. he tried soo hard to link the unlinkable that i felt sorry for the writer. somali and arab is different language however they have the same instant ancestor language which today is labelled under the Erythrean language group or afroasiatic language Group, all afro asiatic languages stem from one mother language, but to claim he has a linguistic masters and he doesn't know the main pillars to constitute a language family makes me think he lacks few points, there is a difference between Influence of a language to another and sharing words, example there is alot of words adopted by other non arabic muslim speakers that they also have a native alternative.
In the map posted on first page, Afar, Beja, Oromo and Somali are grouped as Cushitic. Has an academic comparison done between those languages? I found these examples:

a. Sample text in Afar:

Addunya takkeemik dumal elle, Qangara deqsittam ten. A Qangara Yalla lih ten, a Qangara kee Yalla inkiimiiy inki Yalla. Ta Qangara dumal elle akah sugte'nnah Yalla lih tan. Yalli ta Qangarat kullim gineeh, ginnimteemik a Qangara maleh ginnimtem matan.

Translation:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

b. Sample text in Oromo:

Namooti hundinuu birmaduu ta'anii mirgaa fi ulfinaanis wal-qixxee ta'anii dhalatan. Sammuu fi qalbii ittiin yaadan waan uumamaan kennameef, hafuura obbolummaatiin walii-wajjin jiraachuu qabu.

Translation:

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Well Beja now is not considered Cushtic anymore by many academics, it holds a branch of its own. Many believe that cushtic languages were form from a direct ancestor not long ago and all afro asiatic languages had a more ancient ancestor. one very good example we can see of the development of a cushtic language and establishing itself as it own from a very so called dialect begining is the "saho" language, 1000 Years ago its was considered a dialect of afar but today 50% of its language is non afar. Beja is considered by many to be an ancient dilaect of the canaanite language because its almost identical, hence canaanite was the closest language to ancient egyptian also, and today beja is 70% identical to ancient egyptian. so beja is more a branch of afro asiatic language rather than cushtic, the people who classified it as kushtic long ago didn't study the language enough to relaise that the similarity between the beja and other kushtic language was the same as semitic and cushtic language however they didn't claim semitic language to be cushtic or vice versa, a more look into beja recently found that it doesn't have the pattern of a cushtic language to labell one as such.
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