somalis words of arabic origin

[LobsterUnit]

What percentage of Somali language has incorporated(sp?) arabic language?
Glancing through an arabic dictionary the other day and I found words which I never thought were arabic. dukaan for instance as in shop. And some other words I can't remembar.

[Arabmann]

What percentage of Somali language has incorporated(sp?) arabic language?

I think at least 1/3 of the language.

[Twist]

What percentage of Somali language has incorporated(sp?) arabic language?

I think at least 1/3 of the language.

1/3? The hell did you get those statistics from? Not anywhere near that. If it goes up, may be 10 %.

[Arabmann]

1/3? The hell did you get those statistics from? Not anywhere near that. If it goes up, may be 10 %.

I would suggest to check any Somali dictionary.

[Twist]

I would suggest you write a Somali paragraph, or even copy and paste any Somali work, whether from a news site or a story & count the words to see how many of them have Arabic origin.

[Garaad_LQ]

Twist

Xukun
dawlad
wadan
wasiir
wasaarad
sharci
jamacad
tacliin
wasiirka difaaca
raiis wisaare
maxkamad
shihaadad
qadiyad
jabhad
mucaared
murashax
masuul
munasabad
qaadi
qawmiyad
qabiil
qurbo
xoriyad
saxaafad
dastuur

almost 80% oo waxaan maamul u istcmaalno af carabi asl bay leeyihiin


i'll say Somali has around 25% to 30% Arabic words in it

[Twist]

Garaad, it's easy to list a long list of Somali words of Arabic origin but the point is what's the overall percentage?

Link any Somali site, politics, literature or anything and check the number of words that have Arabic root.

[Garaad_LQ]

twist i don't have any link right now but i read somewhere that it was around 40% but i don't think it's that high , but it's more then 10%
i come around tons of Somalized arabic words everyday when i listen to Somali chit-chating


and also most of the Somalized Arabic words are nouns , we only took al asaami you would hardly find Arabic verb in Somali (magacyada oo kale ah ayaan ka qaadanay ) so it's hard to find them all grouped up in one paragraph

[kambuli]

Let me try to write a paragraph in Somali;

Kolkii aanu maqlay Madaxweynaha la doortey waanu ku diirsanay, deedna waanu wada damaashaadnay. Waxaanu u rajeyney inuu noqdo kii Somaaliyi ku xasili lahayd oo ku degi lahayd. Dad badan aqoon uma lahayn Madaxweynaha, hase yeeshee isla markiiba wuxuu soo jiitey qalbiga iyo dareenka dadweynaha khaas ahaan markii ay dhegeysteen qudbaddiisii u horreysey ee uu u jeediyay shacabiga umadda Somaaliiyeed. Nasiib darro, waxaa sii kordhey qaraxyadii ka dhacayey magaalada Muqdisho waxayna dadku isweydiinayaan, tolow yaa ka dambeeya??,

[Arabmann]

In addition to nouns, there are lots of verbs. One verb:

-cab

In addition to modern Arabic, Somali language contains lots of old Arabic. Arabic is more manifested in Waqooyi Galbeed Somali (the birth place of af-Soomaali) than Southern Somali. However, a substantial number of Southern Somalis have become quite familiarized with Arabic since al-Shabaab took power. I've talked with some who use words like "calal cumuum" while conversing with me.

[truther]

What percentage of Somali language has incorporated(sp?) arabic language?

I think at least 1/3 of the language.

1/3? The hell did you get those statistics from? Not anywhere near that. If it goes up, may be 10 %.

Just look at his name, then you will understand his bias.

[Arabmann]

Somali is Arabic:

http://oodweynenews.com/articles/18358- ... ssein.html

[Arabmann]

Somali is Arabic:

http://oodweynenews.com/articles/18358- ... ssein.html

The article above places the percentage at 75%, 90%.

[truther]

[Arabmann]

The article in the link argues Somali was wrongly classified as Cushitic, but actually is Semitic.