AFSOMALI IN JAPANESE?

[mwaura]

There's much African elements in Japanese ranging from E A bantu to W African Niger Congo,including apparently Somali. Can anyone elaborate further?

JAPANESE SOMALI (Northern Dailect/Somaliland)

Wakarimasu/Wakarta/Wagaranai Wagartay/Magaranay

-I understand/understood!/I don't understand - Understood! I don't understand

Hai - YES (affirmative) - Haye - Yes (affirmative)

* Niin - People/Men - Niin - Men
* YO - slang added at end of sentences - YO - slang added at end of sentences

ex. Wagaranai yo (I don't understand!) - Magaranai yo ( I don't understand!)

* Ima - right now, at this moment *ima/ima ku - right now, at this moment

* Chotto Matte - wait a moment * Joogso - wait a moment (these two both have the "choo, joo" root sound, prononciation)

* Shigoto - Work/company *Shiago - work company (pron: Shiako)





(Japanese) Hayai - Quick/Fast/Quickly refering to speed of obj./person

(Somali) Hayaay/Hayeey - Quick/fast/watch out, also refering to speed object/person

(Japanese) WA - I, me, used in sentence "watashi-wa" I AM

(Somali) WA - I, me, used in sentence "aniga wa" I AM

http://karanjazplace.blogspot.com/2012/ ... le_22.html

I've heard even Maasai and Kales share quite a bit with Japanese. Can anyone add anything?

[Navy9]

Interesting topic, thanks for sharing.

Languages borrow from each other and that is not a new thing. For instance, several Somali words have been borrowed from the Hindi, words like bread, ice, ready, broker. Koreans use the arabic words for father and mother. Many English words were taken from the arabic.

One time, I was researching on the biyo-maal people of Somalia and found out that there are Biyo ethnic people in China...you got the picture.


Languages do not develop from vacuum.

[mwaura]

Interesting topic, thanks for sharing.

Languages borrow from each other and that is not a new thing. For instance, several Somali words have been borrowed from the Hindi, words like bread, ice, ready, broker. Koreans use the arabic words for father and mother. Many English words were taken from the arabic.

One time, I was researching on the biyo-maal people of Somalia and found out that there are Biyo ethnic people in China...you got the picture.


Languages do not develop from vacuum.

Exactly ,in this instance looking at all the dna,skeletal and cultural evidence on the link,IMO its obvious Africans were the original settlers of ancient Asia-that's the only plausible explanation.

[Navy9]

Asia, maybe...i don't know.

But I have read this information, some believe that when Adam and Eve were kicked out of garden of Eden, Eve landed in Jeddah in KSA (Jeddah in arabic means grandma) and Adam landed at Adam Peak's: a mountain in Sri Lanka.


Interesting stories that is all i can say for now.

[Navy9]

...and yeah this summer i have learned the origin of the Somali word baabur/baboor...excuse my spelling... ie car.

It turns out to be from the arabic word of wabuur (egyptian dialect) meaning train which they in turn borrowed from the French when they introduced steam (vapor) rails in Egypt.

[Rabshoole]

Interesting..

[CushiticReflections]

I've noticed the same thing but I think all languages share some similarities since we were all one people with one language at some point in our history. I've also noticed the same to be true in Urdu, I think. I was watching a film and they used the same words we would use with the same meanings. I have to rewatch that scene and actually write what they said and mean to highlight it... but I'm too lazy to do so now. Maybe later.