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I never thought that people speak af maay accents in that region



Both guys got funny accents

I can't make fun of how people look like. And you shouldn't either, for Qosol.

War meesha nimanku jongen barwaaqo iyo green badana

It's gobolka Afdheer. One of the few fertile regions that wasn't given to the Oromos like Bale.

The tall dude is most likely Gariire, a Dir sub clan related to the Magaadle of Sanaag and Gurgure of Shiiniile of Dirdhaba. They speak a dialect that falls under May but is not really Af May. The short dude who's speaking standard Somali is most likely Cagdheer.

Xildiiid wrote:It's gobolka Afdheer. One of the few fertile regions that wasn't given to the Oromos like Bale.

The tall dude is most likely Gariire, a Dir sub clan related to the Magaadle of Sanaag and Gurgure of Shiiniile of Dirdhaba. They speak a dialect that falls under May but is not really Af May. The short dude who's speaking standard Somali is most likely Cagdheer.

Walaahey saaxiiboow the place is breath taking...Look at those waterfalls

Xildiiid wrote:It's gobolka Afdheer. One of the few fertile regions that wasn't given to the Oromos like Bale.

The tall dude is most likely Gariire, a Dir sub clan related to the Magaadle of Sanaag and Gurgure of Shiiniile of Dirdhaba. They speak a dialect that falls under May but is not really Af May. The short dude who's speaking standard Somali is most likely Cagdheer.

Xildid, I gotta give you credit, you are relatively well versed in the clan structure of the Madaxweyne Dir. The Garire like most other Madaxweyne do not speak Somali. Genealogically, the Madaxweyne are Somali but the majority are now Oromo speakers like the Boran, most Gurgura or have their own 'language' like the Jiido (Digil Confederation). The Gurre are bilingual but lean more towards Somali, hence, why they were given the nickname (deaf) by the Oromo. As for the Magadle, I was under the assumption they were Maha Dir. If you know any different, enlighten me please.

El Kare is Garire territory. Along with Jarrati, it is one of four non Ogaden majority territories in Afdheer zone. Jarrati is settled by the Gadsan Biyomaal subclan with an Ogaden minority.

zumaale wrote:

Xildiiid wrote:It's gobolka Afdheer. One of the few fertile regions that wasn't given to the Oromos like Bale.

The tall dude is most likely Gariire, a Dir sub clan related to the Magaadle of Sanaag and Gurgure of Shiiniile of Dirdhaba. They speak a dialect that falls under May but is not really Af May. The short dude who's speaking standard Somali is most likely Cagdheer.

Xildid, I gotta give you credit, you are relatively well versed in the clan structure of the Madaxweyne Dir. The Garire like most other Madaxweyne do not speak Somali. Genealogically, the Madaxweyne are Somali but the majority are now Oromo speakers like the Boran, most Gurgura or have their own 'language' like the Jiido (Digil Confederation). The Gurre are bilingual but lean more towards Somali, hence, why they were given the nickname (deaf) by the Oromo. As for the Magadle, I was under the assumption they were Maha Dir. If you know any different, enlighten me please.

El Kare is Garire territory. Along with Jarrati, it is one of four non Ogaden majority territories in Afdheer zone. Jarrati is settled by the Gadsan Biyomaal subclan with an Ogaden minority.

Politics aside, it is still Somali populated land, right? Everything else is family fued.

guhad122 wrote:

Xildiiid wrote:It's gobolka Afdheer. One of the few fertile regions that wasn't given to the Oromos like Bale.

The tall dude is most likely Gariire, a Dir sub clan related to the Magaadle of Sanaag and Gurgure of Shiiniile of Dirdhaba. They speak a dialect that falls under May but is not really Af May. The short dude who's speaking standard Somali is most likely Cagdheer.

Walaahey saaxiiboow the place is breath taking...Look at those waterfalls

Yh, it's a beautiful place. While Somalis were fighting about land that's inside Somali domain and far from other ethnic groups for instance SL and Somalia. They lost places that look like Afdheer and other places that's even more fertile and green with rainforest like Bale mountains in Bale zone.

zumaale wrote:

Xildiiid wrote:It's gobolka Afdheer. One of the few fertile regions that wasn't given to the Oromos like Bale.

The tall dude is most likely Gariire, a Dir sub clan related to the Magaadle of Sanaag and Gurgure of Shiiniile of Dirdhaba. They speak a dialect that falls under May but is not really Af May. The short dude who's speaking standard Somali is most likely Cagdheer.

Xildid, I gotta give you credit, you are relatively well versed in the clan structure of the Madaxweyne Dir. The Garire like most other Madaxweyne do not speak Somali. Genealogically, the Madaxweyne are Somali but the majority are now Oromo speakers like the Boran, most Gurgura or have their own 'language' like the Jiido (Digil Confederation). The Gurre are bilingual but lean more towards Somali, hence, why they were given the nickname (deaf) by the Oromo. As for the Magadle, I was under the assumption they were Maha Dir. If you know any different, enlighten me please.

El Kare is Garire territory. Along with Jarrati, it is one of four non Ogaden majority territories in Afdheer zone. Jarrati is settled by the Gadsan Biyomaal subclan with an Ogaden minority.

I'm well aware of the clan structures of most Somali clans.

Magaadle are not Mahe Dir but Madaxweyne Dir and they fall under Maxamed Madaxweyne together with the Akishe.

Cali Madaxweyne sub clans tend to speak a variety of May dialects while Maxamed Madaxweyne speak standard Somali. The Magaadle speak just like the eastern Isaaq. While Akishe tend to speak like western Isaaq. Gurgure is an exception, the ones who speak Somali speak like the Isaaq and not like their neighbors the Ciise.

Xildiiid wrote:

zumaale wrote:

Xildiiid wrote:It's gobolka Afdheer. One of the few fertile regions that wasn't given to the Oromos like Bale.

The tall dude is most likely Gariire, a Dir sub clan related to the Magaadle of Sanaag and Gurgure of Shiiniile of Dirdhaba. They speak a dialect that falls under May but is not really Af May. The short dude who's speaking standard Somali is most likely Cagdheer.

Xildid, I gotta give you credit, you are relatively well versed in the clan structure of the Madaxweyne Dir. The Garire like most other Madaxweyne do not speak Somali. Genealogically, the Madaxweyne are Somali but the majority are now Oromo speakers like the Boran, most Gurgura or have their own 'language' like the Jiido (Digil Confederation). The Gurre are bilingual but lean more towards Somali, hence, why they were given the nickname (deaf) by the Oromo. As for the Magadle, I was under the assumption they were Maha Dir. If you know any different, enlighten me please.

El Kare is Garire territory. Along with Jarrati, it is one of four non Ogaden majority territories in Afdheer zone. Jarrati is settled by the Gadsan Biyomaal subclan with an Ogaden minority.

I'm well aware of the clan structures of most Somali clans.

Magaadle are not Mahe Dir but Madaxweyne Dir and they fall under Maxamed Madaxweyne together with the Akishe.

Cali Madaxweyne sub clans tend to speak a variety of May dialects while Maxamed Madaxweyne speak standard Somali. The Magaadle speak just like the eastern Isaaq. While Akishe tend to speak like western Isaaq. Gurgure is an exception, the ones who speak Somali speak like the Isaaq and not like their neighbors the Ciise.

Bro, the Gurre are also Akisho, they do not speak in a Waqooyi Galbeed accent. They are also familiar with Oromo. The Northern Akisho spoke Oromo up until the 18th century as they were absorbed by the Galla after the Axmed Gurey wars. Hence, some of their subclans use Warra instead of Reer. After Wiil Waal's conquest of Jijiga, some reverted back to Somali whilst a lot are still Oromised. The Obo that live among the Ogaden are also Akisho and speak their OG relatives.

The Gurgura in Somaliland are few in number and are mainly descendants of the Sheekh Xeerta. Somali speaking Gurguras are the ones that settle Shinile and are no different that the Ciise in dialectal terms. When the majority of Gurguras adopted farming in the start of the 19 th century, they became Oromo speakers. As a result you have the Noole Confederacy in Harar. Most Somalis do not realise that the people they assume to be Oromos between Harar and Dire Dawa are actually mainly Gurgura.

As for the Magadle, I am certain they are Xanaftire Maha, check their blogspot: http://magaadle.blogspot.co.uk/.

That's your people so you should know them better than me.

When it comes to accents,

The minority Akishe who number less than thousand people in Gabiley and Tog Wajaale speak like western Isaaq in particular the Sacad Muuse while Magaadle in Sanaag who live among HY and HJ speak like the eastern Isaaq.

The Gurgure in Dirdhaba don't have the same dialect as the Ciise. That's pure nonsense.

Xildiiid wrote:That's your people so you should know them better than me.

When it comes to accents,

The minority Akishe who number less than thousand people in Gabiley and Tog Wajaale speak like western Isaaq in particular the Sacad Muuse while Magaadle in Sanaag who live among HY and HJ speak like the eastern Isaaq.

The Gurgure in Dirdhaba don't have the same dialect as the Ciise. That's pure nonsense.

Xildiid, the Gurgura in Dir Dhaba speak mainly Oromo, it is the ones that are mainly Camel herders in Shinile that are Somali speaking and their tongue resembles the Ciise that they intermarry with. Like you said, I know my people. I never denied the few Akisho that you have in Somaliland speak like their neighbours but they are a small minority among the Akisho. The largest Akisho group are the Gurre that that have two woredas to themselves in Afdheer zone. The ones in Jijiga and Qabribayax are the second largest concentration of Akisho in DDSI and they speak a dialect not too disimilar to the ones in Somaliland.

Zumaale did you ever visit DDSI or you got all those knowledge from online...
you seem to know so much much about dir in all over somali lands (greater Somalia)

Bro, the only time I set foot in Ethiopia was when I left Boole International Airport to live the 'Qaxooti' dream in the West. Most of the information I have is obtained is from speaking to a geographically diverse group of people that are native to those lands. However, things could quickly change as the Ethiopian Government is contemplating resettling Nomads in DDSI and getting them to adopt a sedentary lifestyle so clan boundaries all over DDSI could become a thing of the past as people become urbanised. The same applies to Somalia, how many Somali ancestral villages and towns will withstand modernisation, erratic rainfall making a nomadic lifestyle less sustainable etc. Some of our nomadic customs are not compatible with a modern state. However, the fight for scarce resources in the badiyo has been transplanted to urban environments lol. Look at the fight for Kismaayo.