Mereja Forum

[EPRDF]

[Sholla Addis]

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Nothing new here. Both ethnic groups are descended from the same family, and we are the owners of East Africa.
However, there is a minor distinction between the two. Oromo people intermarried with other ethnics, whereas Somali people did not, which is why they retained their culture and customs.

[Noble Amhara]

Tulama are somewhat comprised of Shewa Amhara (north of Awash) and Shewa Gurage (South of Awash) as well Gafat and many Welayatan Woremo Gudifechas! The name tulama is just a borana warlord that assimilated Abysinnians of Shewa in central Ethiopia! The language of Oromo was a dialect of Borana Somalis and is also related to Sidama of Bale and Gedeo of Guji

[Somaliman]

Sholla;

Are you sure about the Somalis being "pure" &/or not having any admixture with other tribes?? .. What about their extensive mixing with southern & eastern Oromo clans such as those in Hararghe, Baalee, Boorana, Kenya, etc?? .. Note too that the Oromos & Somalis originate from the same "Cushitic family tree". Of course, a significant percentage of the Somalis have mixed with their Bantu neighbours over the centuries.

Also, your notion of "an Oromo" is clearly limited to the Gobana Tulama/Shoa woremos who are, in fact, more Amhara than they are woremos!

For example, Oromo groups such as Boorana, Gujii, Gabra, Orma, Saakuyyee, Karrayyu, Jilee, most of Baale/Arsi, most of Hararghe & even Wollo + Raayya, etc, are still pretty much authentically woremos - unlike your semi-gudeela aka GUDEELIFIED relatives from Shoa, Jimma, Ilu, Wollega, etc. OK - አንተ እበታም ግማሽ የኩሎ-ኮንታ ጉዴላና ባሪያ ሁሉ? .. Good then.

SONG: THIS IS A COVER BORANA SONG BY A LOVELY YOUNG SINGER NAMED SAKINA [KENYA]. THE ORIGINAL SONG IS IN SOMALI [SEE BELOW]. .. ENJOY!

SONG: Fanaanad ajnabiya Zakina oo heesahii Alla quruxsanaa iyo hadaadan tumeyn si cajiiba u qaaday

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THIS IS THE ORIGINAL SONG BY OUR SOMALI COUSINS ...

SONG: ZAKI YARE | ALLA QURUXSANAA | - New Somali Music Video 2019 (Official Video) - NOTE HOW MANY HITS THIS SONG HAS ON YOUTUBE .. 16 MILLION HITS OVER A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME .. & GROWING FAST!!

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Nothing new here. Both ethnic groups are descended from the same family, and we are the owners of East Africa.
However, there is a minor distinction between the two. Oromo people intermarried with other ethnics, whereas Somali people did not, which is why they retained their culture and customs.

Yaballo,

Many Somalis would reject outright the idea that Somalis mixed with Bantu to a certain extent in the past, but to me, it's just undeniable. You clearly notice traces of such a mixture even in the north of Somalia, which is quite far from East Africa. Anyway, there's nothing wrong with being Bantu.

[Somaliman]

Somaliman:

Yaballo, Many Somalis would reject outright the idea that Somalis mixed with Bantu to a certain extent in the past, but to me, it's just undeniable. You clearly notice traces of such a mixture even in the north of Somalia, which is quite far from East Africa. Anyway, there's nothing wrong with being Bantu.

Somaliman,

Hola.

Yes, indeed. Boranas also have almost exactly the same attitude/view on issues such as their admixture or no with the Bantu tribes whom they (Boranas) & other related groups such as Gabra, Saakuyye, Orma, Warday, Garre/Garri, etc, sometimes call "guraalee" [= the darkies].

But, many of the Boranas & related tribes - especially those bordering on various Bantu tribes in Kenya & Bantu-looking tribes in southern Ethiopia - show a great deal of genetic & cultural admixture with their Bantu neighbours with whom they have been interacting for centuries.

Even then, many insist that 'they have nothing Bantu in them' - just like our Somali cousins - .

Nagaatti/nabad.

SONG: 'caaccolee" [chachole] - a Borana traditional song for goats .. <Lookoo Ashanee **Sirba Re'ee** New Oromo Music 2020.> .. PS: these are Boranas from the Ethiopian side of the border. Those in Kenya have lost many of their traditional look as they adopted Islamic &/or Somali attires, etc.

SONG: New oromo/Borana song 2021....simu teh dabe inollin by Rufastiya.... [from Kenya]

Yaballo,

Hola!

This denial of having mixed with Bantu, to me, is a typical attitude of nomadic pastoralist communities, as they're often associated with excessive pride and are too conscious of their own dignity.

[Hawdian]

I'm linguist expert.

Oromo and Somali have nothing in common other than few words they borrowed from each others.

Even the phonetic sounds are very different.

Somali is more closely related to Afar and Saho.

Cushitic neither Semitic is of ancestry or even language relations.

This classification is purely how words are congregated, sentences are formed, etc.

I can assure you that Somali has more words with Arabic than Amharic does with Arabic yet supposedly "Semitic".
Amhara can't even pronounce ح or ع

Tigringya does have those letters.

Conclusion: fake news

Somali and Afar, very close



Oromo



That Oromo song is lit btw.

Agew is Cushitic classification so is Beja. No Oromo or Somali can understand more than 10 words.

It's not about words. These language classifications are formed based on conjugation of words.

[EPRDF]

I'm linguist expert.

Oromo and Somali have nothing in common other than few words they borrowed from each others.

Even the phonetic sounds are very different

If an Oromo, a Guraghe and an Adere man entered into Hargeysa or Muqdishoo, it took only less than six months for an Oromo man to speak fluent aaf Somal, whereas for an Adere and Guraghe man takes maybe years to make basic conversation. WHY?

If a Somali man comes to Dire Dawa a city where aafan Oromo, Aderigna, aaf Somal and Amharic is widely spoken, the first language our man from Muqdishoo would master quickly is none other than aafan Oromo. WHY?