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Which Somali Gobol has the most diverse dialects/languages?

Postby Bro » Wed Feb 04, 2015 5:10 am

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Re: Which Somali Gobol has the most diverse dialects/languages?

Postby AbdiJohnson » Wed Feb 04, 2015 5:13 am

Probably Banadir since everyone lives there

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Re: Which Somali Gobol has the most diverse dialects/languages?

Postby Bro » Wed Feb 04, 2015 5:14 am

Try again, btw name all of the dialects/languages as part of your answer.
edit: Yea natives.

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Re: Which Somali Gobol has the most diverse dialects/languages?

Postby GeoSeven » Wed Feb 04, 2015 6:39 am

Lower Shabelle? I don't have a list of the dialects but there's must be at least half a dozen groups that speak in different dialects.

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Re: Which Somali Gobol has the most diverse dialects/languages?

Postby AgentOfChaos » Wed Feb 04, 2015 6:39 am

Interesting, I wonder if my state is diverse in dialects......nevermind, just remembered we only two dialects ( reer bari dialect or reer waqooyi dialect). Shit, come to think of it, every state above Galkacayo has only two dialects. Then answer has to be a state in the South where there are lots of different qabiils living in it, so may be Jubbada Hoose? ( I'm thinking a city like Kismayo has to be the answer, cause they even have af may may spoken there on top of reer bari accent and reer xamar accent, right?) Fuck this, I yield my answer to Armaan, he probably knows more about this than I do.

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Re: Which Somali Gobol has the most diverse dialects/languages?

Postby AgentOfChaos » Wed Feb 04, 2015 6:48 am

Lower Shabelle? I don't have a list of the dialects but there's must be at least half a dozen groups that speak in different dialects.
I call bullshit on that, but I'm intrigued to find out more about this claim. Unless you're saying Banaadiri dialect is different from Baraawe/Marko dialect, which it kinda is, but its all reer xamar dialect to me. Sorry bro, that doesn't count.

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Re: Which Somali Gobol has the most diverse dialects/languages?

Postby GeoSeven » Wed Feb 04, 2015 7:13 am

I'm only assuming myself, let's wait for the answer :lupe:

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Re: Which Somali Gobol has the most diverse dialects/languages?

Postby CaliQase » Wed Feb 04, 2015 7:19 am

This is gonna be interesting..........
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Postby CaliQase » Wed Feb 04, 2015 7:20 am

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Re: Which Somali Gobol has the most diverse dialects/languages?

Postby PrinceDaadi » Wed Feb 04, 2015 7:30 am

Lower Shabelle? I don't have a list of the dialects but there's must be at least half a dozen groups that speak in different dialects.
I call bullshit on that, but I'm intrigued to find out more about this claim. Unless you're saying Banaadiri dialect is different from Baraawe/Marko dialect, which it kinda is, but its all reer xamar dialect to me. Sorry bro, that doesn't count.
Agent: I have no idea how is ur knowledge of the South since your answer was in kista?

Lower Shabelle region is the most populous region in Somalia after Banadir and it is also the most diverse region. as geo said there r more than half a dozen distinct languages not dialects in that region including afgare, tuni, jiido, afbaraawe and many more

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Re: Which Somali Gobol has the most diverse dialects/languages?

Postby AgentOfChaos » Wed Feb 04, 2015 7:46 am

Agent: I have no idea how is ur knowledge of the South since your answer was in kista?
I don't even know what that means and neither do I understand you.

Lower Shabelle region is the most populous region in Somalia after Banadir and it is also the most diverse region. as geo said there r more than half a dozen distinct languages not dialects in that region including afgare, tuni, jiido, afbaraawe and many more
Wow, lol, last time I checked "Af-Baraawe" is a dialect not a language.

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Re: Which Somali Gobol has the most diverse dialects/languages?

Postby PrinceDaadi » Wed Feb 04, 2015 7:48 am

Agent: dialect under which language ?

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Re: Which Somali Gobol has the most diverse dialects/languages?

Postby AgentOfChaos » Wed Feb 04, 2015 7:57 am

^lolwut? War Af-Soomaali ku hadal sxb waxaad isdaba dhigtay ma'fahmin ee adoo raali ah.

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Re: Which Somali Gobol has the most diverse dialects/languages?

Postby Grant » Wed Feb 04, 2015 8:32 am

http://www.ethnologue.com/country/SO/languages

There are 13 living languages in Somalia.

Depending on where you divide the gobols, the one with the most diverstiy is either lower Shebelli or Middle or Lower Jubba. When I was there in the 60's. it seemed to me that the area of greatest diversity was Jamaame/Jilib, which today is sort of in between.

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Re: Which Somali Gobol has the most diverse dialects/languages?

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