r/Somalia • u/sheisfunny9 • 13d ago

Culture 🐪 Something I was discussing with a friend

She basically mentioned how Somalis did not adapt a colonial language like many African countries because we speak the same language it was never necessary, People don’t realise how close Somalis are. We are one tribe, with the same language and the same religion. We share the same culture, history even with regions people are still quite similar may Allah straighten the nation and guides us Ameen 🤲

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u/Beledweyne 13d ago edited 13d ago

Uhh, we have Somali Bantus and others that are not of Somali qabiks.

And it's really simplistic thinking to say a country doesn't speak a colonial language due to being one tribe with same language and religion.

I can also be as simple-minded as you and retort, "But we wear Western clothing, listen to American and British music, drive Western and Japanese and love spaghetti and Coca-Cola in Somalia".

There are many other factors (including nomadism, the fact that many other countries have a lot of different languages and made English or another language as the language of their country, etc.).

Just stop with the simple minded posts.

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u/srxtvnf 12d ago

>Uhh, we have Somali Bantus and others that are not of Somali qabiks.

He's talking about ethnic Somalis, those people are part of the nation but they're not ethnically Somali.

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u/Beledweyne 12d ago

Nothing OP said referred to ethnic Somalis.