[quote="Grant"]http://www.cal.org/co/bantu/sbpeop.html
The Somali Bantus are not indigenous to Somalia and were NOT brought by the Italians. If you are curious beyond the information in the above link, research the history of the Omani Sultanate, especially the Zanzibari period, about 1650-1880.
Af Maay is the native language of the Rahanweyn. It is NOT a Bantu language:
http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/get ... ountry=216Note that there are at least thirteen "dialects" or languages spoken in Somalia.[/quote]
oh yeah, the arab slave trade