Benadiri Somali, also referred to as "Coastal Somali" (), is a dialect of the Somali language. It is primarily spoken by the Benadiri people, who inhabit the southern Banaadir coast of Somalia and into Kenya.Benadiri Somali reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Overview Benadiri Somali is spoken on the Benadir coast, spanning from Hobyo to south of Merca including Mogadishu, as well as in the immediate hinterland. The coastal dialects have additional phonemes that do not exist in Standard Somali.Andrew Dalby (1998) Dictionary of languages: the definitive reference to more than 400 languages, Columbia University Press, p. 571, . Linguist Giorgio Banti states the dialect has loan words from Harari language.
Benadiri Somali is also referred to as Coastal Somali or Af-Reer Xamar ("Language of the People of Hamar"). The dialect is widely considered a southern coastal dialect.
Varieties Blench (2006) structures the dialect into three general subdivisions:Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
Northern Benadir (Abgaal, Ajuran, and Galjal) Southern Benadir (Hamari, Bimaal)
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References ALSintl - Somali language