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Sometime ago i read a book written by Greek traveller before 100AD, who navigated from red sea of Egypt to southern ocean or what we call today Indian ocean. The Greek explorer wrote extensively about people of the Horn, He divided them three major groups From Port Said in Sudan to Eritrea, Tigray, Gondor to Bet Amhara or modern Wallo he called Jabarti country, from Shewa to northern Hararge he called Orgoba country, from Aduluse to Harar including lowland of Afar, Somali and Oromo country he called that big chank: Harla country.

I think we have to look all directions, certainly the old tribes dead out secretly and slowly and new ones fill the vacuum without giving any credit to vanishing ones?

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Jabarti and Harla I believe have common roots, the latter choosing to move south-east to live in an Islamic state rather than under the Orthodox church. What is left of them is harari, the rest was swallowed by Humbanna Oromo. The Orgobba however, their language is closer to amharic than tigrinya. I believe they originated in bet amhara, or wallo where most of them still live. Alot of them also moved to the vicinity of Harar, and you can find them living amongst some Oromo. They speak Oromo and amharic for the most part, although we respect their heritage. But I don't think they existed as distinct groups in 100 AD. At that time these languages still belonged under ge'ez I believe. But I'm no expert.

In history, groups expand, contract, sometimes they cease to exist. Allah gives and Allah takes. It shows you how much value it really has. Today you fight and die for clan supremacy, tomorrow your clan does not exist. Therefore you should try and focus on what is really important.