East African Somali-Speaking Regional Academy

[Basra-]

How disgusting! This is what SIYAAD BAARE Did. Emphasis on Somali language and no other language which will help Somalis in the global hemisphere. This is an attempt to handicap Somalis, in an attempt to seek misguided notion of Somali patriotism!

[original dervish]

Handicapped Somali's would be a step up for the general population.

[Basra-]

Original

Do u usually grab your crotch as if there is something down there? I am curious.

[Tanker]

How disgusting! This is what SIYAAD BAARE Did. Emphasis on Somali language and no other language which will help Somalis in the global hemisphere. This is an attempt to handicap Somalis, in an attempt to seek misguided notion of Somali patriotism!

get help

[original dervish]

Basra.....as always jab... sit....spin.

[Basra-]

Basra.....as always jab... sit....spin.

Original@looool u so cute.





Tanker-- Why do I need help? care to elaborate?

[EvolSyawla]

Has anyone bashing Somali in Djibouti ever even been there?

They speak more Somali than French/Afar/Arabic.

[SultanOrder]

A Djibouti version of Académie française, when will they free themselves of the yoke of French Colonialism?

[Talo alle udaa]

I was born in kilil5 and do not even know the xabashi alphabet. Djibouti ppl have accepted french domination.
language = culture

[SultanOrder]

I was born in kilil5 and do not even know the xabashi alphabet. Djibouti ppl have accepted french domination.
language = culture

Have you been back to kili5 recently? Even I have a lot of fluent amharic speakers in my family.

But don't forget in Somalia English, Italian, and Arabic were the languages kids learned in. My mom was totally taught in Arabic in secondary school. In Mogadishu, people were taught in Italian for university.

[Based]

A Djibouti version of Académie française, when will they free themselves of the yoke of French Colonialism?

Regardless of what it's modeled after, I'd say the Somali Language Academy is a pretty good start.

[SultanOrder]

A Djibouti version of Académie française, when will they free themselves of the yoke of French Colonialism?

Regardless of what it's modeled after, I'd say the Somali Language Academy is a pretty good start.

It's too late. You can't "preserve" a language that is constantly changing. where do we draw the line in accepting new words? Somali is a language that is very willing to borrow words from different languages, no one will stop it.

[Based]

You can say that about every language. I guess the point of the academy would be to standardize the existing vocabulary, spelling, usage etc. while regulating new loanwords or Somalizing technical terms through loan translation like Hebrew or other languages.

[EvolSyawla]

^

I agree Based. PO, did you know I didn't know what 'karontada' meant? I thought it was 'laydh'.

We need standardized Somali from north to south, no more borrowing words.

[Thuganomics]

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