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Read this,very interesting a form of somali language

Ottoman Empire oversaw the coastal cities in the northwestern Somalia from late 1500s to mid-1800s, including Berbera and Zayla. Direct administration had been usually conducted by the local tribes under minimal Ottoman Empire intervention. Thus, Ayala Ahmed Nuh managed the Berbera affairs. From 1870, the Egyptians occupied the region for the Ottoman Empire and raised its flag in Berbera.[9] Ayala Ahmed Nuh had a memorable history in this period of time. An example of this was the incident where Habar Yonis launched an attack on some members of Ayala Ahmed Nuh and forcibly took herds of their camel. Some Ayala Ahmed Nuh sought to counter attack and regain their livestock, but the majority concluded that the matter be referred to the authority, Ismail Pasha Khedive, the Governor of Ottoman Empire in Berbera. In a meeting between him and Ayala Ahmeds, Cag-geel‡ eloquently explained the incident to khedive in combination of Somali and broken Arabic which impressed all even today:

This is light compared to what used to take place back than,Ogadeen,Dhulbhante iyo Isaaq used to get it on till the cows come home.

This is light compared to what used to take place back than,Ogadeen,Dhulbhante iyo Isaaq used to get it on till the cows come home.

Timirtihii horeba dab loo waaa, nimakan ogadeen waa nimankii timirtii aanu ka iibinay kariyey

Where would idoor get the timir to sell?.I gave you water in exchange for you know what

Where would idoor get the timir to sell?.I gave you water in exchange for you know what

beside kaftan, dont you know how this maahmaah came to light?

Where would idoor get the timir to sell?.I gave you water in exchange for you know what

In Berbera

Produce from that naked tree is barely enough for one guy,waxaad iibiso meesha kuma arko.
Back to the story,so habaryoonis raids habarawal,habarawal seeks the help of a OG bussinesman/worrior for protection,than he robs them both blind.
What else

The Governor understood and assured him that the authority would resolve the matter to their satisfaction and the camels would be returned.
Wacays Hirsi, one of Ayala Ahmed Nuh, was a trader engaged in selling merchandise bought at Berbera fair in the Ogaden land with the help and protection of a local broker from Ogaden clan. He was termed as Caravan Trader in the Somali Poetry, a book written by I. W. Lewis & B. W. Adrzejewski. Matan Hussein, of rival section of Ogaden clan to that of Wacays’ agent, robbed and looted one of Hirsi’s caravans in about 1880 en route to Ogaden territory. This trio exchanged a number of poems concerning this incident. Wacays Hirsi started the series in lamenting a poem to his Ogaden agent

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Where would idoor get the timir to sell?.I gave you water in exchange for you know what

beside kaftan, dont you know how this maahmaah came to light?

yeah I have heard the story behind this maahmaah.