waryaahoy wrote:superlander wrote:^ why dont u say that same question to djibouti? besides we are fully somali while u guys have jareers, banaadiris etc
yes, a full somali has arab origins.
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im asking you, as an isaaqlander.
if you hate somalia so much.\ and it's former government
then I dare you to stop using the writing system it made.
I dare you.
Do you know the difference between Somali, Somalia, Somali Federal Republic, Somalilander and Somalian?
On the same token, we all know Iraq and Kuwait don't like each others. Should Kuwait stop using the Arabic script since Baghdad contributed more to the Arabic literature than 19th century invented Kuwait?
Somalia is not Somali and Somali is not Somalia. A Somali (ethnic) can be the son from Kenya's northern east region, Ethiopia's east, Djibouti, Somaliland region, Somali region...yes Somalia is a region equivalent to Somaliland and the two form what is today The Somali Federal Republic (Nation State).
Until now the citizens of Somalia and the Somali Federal Republic are denoted as a Somali but this is not technically correct because not all ethnic Somalis are citizens of Somali Federal Republic nor Somalia Region.
The correct term should be Somalian.
And allow me to give you an example why this term is not correct. Let us assume that Somali Federal Republic restored stability and became prosperous nation. Now we are hosting immigrants from Yemen, Kenya, Tanzania, Eritrea, etc, and after a period of time we decided to grant them citizenship. Are you going to identify them as a Somali or as a Somalian?
Of course they can't be Somali because they are not part of our ethnicity but are indeed our nationality which should be Somalian.
The Somali language and its literate is a universal norm shared by all Somalis across the Horn and beyond and no one should be asked to stop being Somali because he or she doesn't agree with Somalia Region or Somali Federal Republic and that includes pro-Ethiopia Abdi Iley of Somali Region of Ethiopia.
Peace out sons and learn the basics.