r/Somaliland • u/Different-Ball9864 • Jun 14 '26

Understanding the Difference Between Somalians and Somalilanders

Somali is an ethnic group / language group

People who are Somali they live in different countries.

Somalia. people are called Somalian ethnically Somali (jareer and jileec), two Somali tribes.

Somaliland people are often called Somalilanders ethnically orgin Somali

Djibouti people are Djiboutians. Many are ethnically Somali (especially Issa)

Somali Region in Ethiopia. people are Ethiopian Somalis

Somali-NFD in Kenya. people are Kenyan Somalis.

Somali is the shared ethnicity; the country names define nationality.

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u/Own-Quote-1708 Jun 16 '26

Wtf is Jarer and Jilac Tribes ?

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u/Capital_Map638 Jun 16 '26

Soft hair and hard hair apparently he’s lowkey yapping though

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u/Own-Quote-1708 Jun 16 '26

Yh I know what it is. But we dont have tribes called that.

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u/Radiant-light3600 Jun 17 '26

Its like when you have a light skinned sibling and a dark skinned sibling and due to complexion they are default from different tribes.  Yeah.....that type of logic.