Rahanweyn

E206753

Rahanweyn is a major dialect (often considered a distinct variety) of the Somali language spoken primarily by the Rahanweyn clan families in southern Somalia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Rahanweyn canonical 14

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect ⓘ
variety of Somali language ⓘ
alternativeName Af-Maay ⓘ
Maay ⓘ
associatedWith Rahanweyn clan families ⓘ
country Somalia ⓘ
domain local media in southern Somalia ⓘ
oral communication ⓘ
ethnicGroup Rahanweyn ⓘ
hasFeature distinct lexicon from Standard Somali ⓘ
distinct morphology from Standard Somali ⓘ
distinct phonology from Standard Somali ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Somali language ⓘ
languageRole regional lingua franca in parts of southern Somalia ⓘ
mutualIntelligibility partially intelligible with Standard Somali ⓘ
region Bakool region ⓘ
Bay region ⓘ
Gedo region ⓘ
Lower Shabelle region ⓘ
Middle Juba region ⓘ
spokenIn Somalia ⓘ
southern Somalia ⓘ
status major dialect of Somali ⓘ
often considered distinct language variety ⓘ
subBranch Somali languages ⓘ
linked to: Somali
subFamily Cushitic languages ⓘ
linked to: Cushitic
usedBy Digil and Mirifle clans ⓘ
Rahanweyn people ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Somali → hasDialect → Rahanweyn ⓘ
Jubaland → hasClanFamily → Rahanweyn ⓘ
Somali people → majorClanFamily → Rahanweyn ⓘ
Maay → spokenBy → Rahanweyn ⓘ
Maay → associatedEthnicGroup → Rahanweyn ⓘ
Digil → associatedEthnicGroup → Rahanweyn ⓘ
Rahanweyn → ethnicGroup → Rahanweyn ⓘ
Hawiye → neighboringClan → Rahanweyn ⓘ
Darod → neighboringClans → Rahanweyn ⓘ
Dir clans → relatedClanFamily → Rahanweyn ⓘ
Mirifle → partOf → Rahanweyn ⓘ