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Hello evry boody,

I am an afar man from Djibouti. The Afars form with the Somalis (essentially Issa tribe) two principal ethnic groups of our country.
I hear sometime that afar language have got any similar vocabulary with Digil and May languages, more than somali north, and it’s enough closed with different dialects of this languages, specially with Dabarre, Jiddu and Tunni dialects of them.
I should want to verify this theory, if you accept my request.I wan to submit you some words of afar and I should like you give me their translation in Dabarre, Jiddu and Tunni languages. Thank you:
In this example afar words are writing for intention in classic Somali alphabet.

1 pronouns and possessive adjectives
English Afar English Afar Englissh Afar
I Anu I Yo My yi
You (sin.) Atu You Ko Your Ku
He Usuk Him Ka His Kay
She Is Here Teti (Keti) Her Tet (Ket)
We Nanu Us Nee Our Ni
You (pl.) Isin You Siini Your Sin
They Usun Them Keeni Their Ken

2 numbers (numeral) Numbers (nominal)
1 Enek-i Inki
2 Nammay-a Namma
3 Sidoxx-u Sidiixa
4 Ferey-i Affara
5 konoy-u Koona
6 Lexey-I Laxa
7 Malxiin-I Malxina
8 Baxaar-a Baxra
9 Sagaal-a Sagla
10 Taban-a Tabna
11 and more Taban ke enek-i, Taban ke nammay-a, … (like ten and one)
20 Labaatan-a Labatanni
30 Soddom-u Soddom
40 Morootom-u Morotom
50 Kontom-u Kontom
60 Laxtam-a Laxtam
70 and more Malxina taban-a, Baxra taban-a, …(like seven “ten” : 7 x10)
100 Bool-u Bool

Others usually words
Englih Afar
Hand Gaba
Finger Feera
Foot Iba
Mouth Af
Noose San
Head Moya (or Amo)
Stomach Bagu
Father Abba
Mother Ina
Son Badha
Daughter Badhà
Water Lee
Earth Baadho
Sky Caran
Cloud Gayran
Fire Gira
Goat Reyta
Milk xan
Cow Saga
Camel (male) Rakub
Panther Kabqi
What Maxtiya
Who Iya (or Miya)

And the last one phrase
I Like a goat milk Anu reytah Xan Faxxa.

I knows that my request important, but it is essential for me because I works on the origin of Afar people and his relationship with the people in the region.
Thank you very much.

Aramis

Posted on Aug 29, 2007, 11:46 AM

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I thing the original Digil followimg tribedAli said on Nov 3
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