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Benadiri Somali also referred to as โ€œCoastal Somaliโ€ ( so, Af Reer Xamar) is a dialect of the
Somali language Somali (Latin script: ; Wadaad writing, Wadaad: ; Osmanya: ๐’–๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’๐’‘๐’›๐’๐’˜ ) is an Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic languages, Cushitic branch. It is spoken as a mother tongue by Somalis in ...
. It is primarily spoken by the
Benadiri people The Banaadiri people ( so, Reer Benaadir, ar, ุงู„ุจู†ุงุฏุฑูŠูˆู†) are a nationality in Somalia. Banaadiris largely inhabit Somalia's southern coastline. Overview Although the Benadiri are sometimes described as the founders of Mogadishu (he ...
, who inhabit the southern
Banaadir Banaadir ( so, Banaadir, ar, ุจู†ุงุฏุฑ, it, Benadir) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in southeastern Somalia. It covers the same area as the city of Mogadishu, which serves as the capital. It is bordered to the northwest by the Shabel ...
coast of
Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: ๐’ˆ๐’๐’‘๐’›๐’๐’˜๐’•๐’–; ar, ุงู„ุตูˆู…ุงู„, aแนฃ-แนขลซmฤl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
.


Overview

Benadiri Somali is spoken on the Benadir coast, from
Adale Adale ( so, Cadale; it, Adalei or Itala), also known as Cadaley, is a coastal town in the southern Middle Shabelle (Shabeellaha Dhexe) region of Somalia. History Adale was mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, written by an anonym ...
to south of
Merca Merca ( so, Marka, Maay Maay, Maay: ''Marky'', ar, ู…ุฑูƒุฉ) is a historic port city in the southern Lower Shebelle province of Somalia. It is located approximately to the southwest of the nation's capital Mogadishu. Merca is the traditional home ...
including Mogadishu, as well as in the immediate hinterland. The coastal dialects have additional
phonemes In phonology and linguistics, a phoneme () is a unit of sound that can distinguish one word from another in a particular language. For example, in most dialects of English, with the notable exception of the West Midlands and the north-west o ...
that do not exist in Standard Somali. Benadiri Somali is also referred to as Coastal Somali or ''Af-Reer Xamar'' ("Language of the People of Hamar").


Varieties

Blench (2006) structures the dialect into three general subdivisions:Blench, 2006
The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List
(ms)
*Northern Benadir (
Abgaal Abgaal (Somali: Abgaal, Arabic: ุฃุจุบุงู„) is a subclan of the Hawiye and the even larger Samaale clan. It is one of the major Somali clans and has produced many prominent historical Somali figures including 3 presidents, and the father of t ...
, Ajuran, Huber, and Galjal) *Southern Benadir ( Hamari,
Bimaal Overview The Biimaal or Bimal, is a sub-clan of the major Dir clan family. This clan is widely known for leading a resistance against the colonials in southern Somalia for decades which can be compared to the war of the Sayyid in Somaliland. Th ...
)


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References


ALSintl - Somali language
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