Somali is an endangered language.

[sheekh-Farax-zero]

I have been interested in the use of Somali language for newspapers and websites. Misquoting person is possible if a word is misspelt. Another mistake is cased by the order of words—object replacing the subject as the following headline in the Somali website: " Kooxda AlShabaab oo u gacan galay Gobolka Bakool" ( Al Shabab falls into the hands of Bakool region) –the truth is that Bakool region fell into the hands of Al Shabab.



Another Somali website quotes Abu Mansur, Al Shabab spokesman, who was quoted in Somali as saying “''Sharif ma diidanin ee Dustuurkuu wado ayaan diidanahay'' (We are not against Sharif , [ the Somali president], but I am against the constitution he is using). Why does Abu Mansur use two pronouns “we and I ( innaga and aniga) that refer to Al Shabab and himself at the same time? I think that the eighth word diidananay is supposed to be diidannahay to refer to the pronoun innaga (we). An Mistakes such as those outlined in the preceding paragraph confuse translators and students learning Somali as a second language, and it does portray the quoted people in negative light as well.

[sheekh-Farax-zero]

Evidence for Dr Afrah’s argument is plenty but the latest one has come from the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia. Few weeks ago the Somali Prime Minister, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, formed a bloated cabinet. A couple of ministries contain Arabic words that replaced their Somali equivalents. A new ministry headed by Hamza Bur’i (Wasaaradda Deeganka iyo Ilaalinta Bey’ada ‘The Ministry of Environment and Environmental Protection’) shows that neither linguistic consideration nor environmental understanding was emphasised when the new ministry was being by conceived. Why use the Somali and Arabic words for the environment ( deegaan and bey’ad) ? Isn’t environmental protection within the remit of the Minister for Environment? Somali language is playing second fiddle to the Arbic language. The Ministry of Security has become in Somali Wasaaradda Aminga. The Somali equivalent of security, nabad-sugida was dumped in favour of the Arabic one Amniga. Nabad-sugidda is self-contained with the notion of security and safeguarding security. When foreign language words are used in place of Somali words that can do the trick, avoidable language and logic mistakes crop up as in the case of the new Somali Ministry of Environment and Environmental Protection.

[snoop12]

they messed up the real perfect Somali literature

dont worry there are plenty of intellectuals amongst us who still produce books on Somali literature, and these websites are not even tabloid material, more like cartoon magazines

[Ka darag]

DID U KNO U CAN TAKE A GCSE IN SOMALI? I DIDN'T GET THE CHANCE TO TAKE IT

[STOP!]

^^^

[Ka darag]

^^^

Y U LAUGHING MAN?? I WUD HAVE GOT AN A* ...STRAIGHT
THESE GIRLS WER TELLING ME HOW THEY HAD SOMALI LESSONS IN THEIR SCHOOL AND THEY ALL TOOK THE GCSE...
SO NOT FAIR

[snoop12]

DID U KNO U CAN TAKE A GCSE IN SOMALI? I DIDN'T GET THE CHANCE TO TAKE IT

yeah, who you think created the syllabus

[Ka darag]

DID U KNO U CAN TAKE A GCSE IN SOMALI? I DIDN'T GET THE CHANCE TO TAKE IT

yeah, who you think created the syllabus

DUNNO SOMALIS?


TAKES THE PISS U KNO

[FAH1223]

This is why I think Kambuli should teach Af-Somali...