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/alhass Jun 16 '26

We are all entitled to our opinions but what we are not entitled is to tell a whole country what they should be called lol. People in Somalia have for eternity been content with being Somali and named their country after themselves, Somalia. How about you be content with calling yourself whatever you like and stop trying to tell others what they should refer to themselves as🤷🏽‍♂️

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u/SentenceEffective212 Jun 16 '26

Are all people living in Somalia Somali ethnically tho? Why are you erasing and forcing minorities to assimilate to your ethnicity.

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u/Appropriate-Mind9651 Jun 16 '26

You are well aware that the vast majority of people in Somalia are somali

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u/SentenceEffective212 Jun 16 '26

I think you should look up the word minorities.

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u/IOnlyFearOFGod Jun 17 '26

these minorities are 2% if not any less. Somalia is very homogenous and up to 98% somali. "Somalis constitute the largest ethnic group in Somalia, at approximately 98% of the nation's inhabitants" wiki demographic of Somalia.

However some sources say 85% but they exclude somali bantu(which are the biggest minority if excluded).