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Jabutí is a nearly extinct Yabutian language that as of 1990 was spoken by only five people in Rondônia, Brazil, at the headwaters of the Rio Branco.

http://www.sorosoro.org/en/jabuti-language-family

Native Indians are screwed.

BTW what does Djibouti mean?

Native Indians are screwed.

BTW what does Djibouti mean?

I don't know but I've heard it said it means Jab Buti
Buti is what Somalis call bears and apparently there once was a ship with bears on board on it's way to a zoo in Europe that ran aground in the area.Hence the Jab

Interesting. How do we even have a word for bears if there aren't any back home? Also, whats a ship full of bears doing off the coast of Somalia?

Hey! don't shoot the messenger m8.

Goes to show you they weren't ever interested in protecting their "identity" to allow their population to reach such a level. They have no one to blame except themselves.

I am,

Abdi "Just nature running its course" Johnson

AbdiIsmail read this

UJEEDOOYINKA MAGACYADA MAGAALOOYINKA SOOMAALIYEED

http://allsomalia.com/ujeedooyinka-maga ... maaliyeed/


Those that commented have no interest in debating the origins of the name

Lol soomaalidu waxay doonan ayey iska qoraan. We're the only people who present conjecture as fact.

By the way the word madaxkuti is interesting. I have a theory that its a combination of madax=head and kuti=dog in South Asian languages.

Tough aka Xplaya aka obese qaniis....

Lol soomaalidu waxay doonan ayey iska qoraan. We're the only people who present conjecture as fact.

By the way the word madaxkuti is interesting. I have a theory that its a combination of madax=head and kuti=dog in South Asian languages.

Has a dogs head A bear fits that discribtion dee

I love reer Jabuuti and their heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeys

buti is what dhag dheer was... The name likely has cafar roots though...

buti is what dhag dheer was... The name likely has cafar roots though...

I don't know but they were glad to get rid of her

"Dhagdheer dhimatoo dhulkii nabadeey"