Mai-Mai (Somali) Dictionary

About the Book

Mai-Mai is the most common language in Somalia, and it is the native language of Somalia. It came with a lot of mythological stories, riddles, quotes, plus other Somalian traditions and cultures. Almost all of Somalian understand and speak Mai-Mai. The majority of the Somali Bantu people speak Mai-Mai. It is the best language they can communicate to each other. By the way, Somali Bantu people are the people who left Somalia because of civil war, and also because of Somalia government don’t serve civil rights anymore. However, Mai-Mai written sort of like English and Italian. Some of the words in Mai-Mai used backward compare to English, it’s like Arabic. Most of the words in Mai-Mai used to start any position to speak it out or to write it out; backward or forward. It doesn’t matter, can be use any position and still make sense. Mai-Mai is great language, most people get it fast and communicate with it fast.

About the Author

Seqend Hussain was born in Somalia in 1990. He was raised in the village of Kenya, he also been in Tanzania for two to three years. He’s raised by his grandmother. Now he lives in the United States of America. He got degree on liberal Arts, and also he studied Swahili, English, Spanish, Arabic, and Italian on the side. Mr. Hussain loves Education and educating others. He is very enthusiastic about what he does. So far, this is his first educational book which is Mai-Mai translation in English. He wants people who don’t understand the language Mai-Mai (Somali) to understand it, and hopefully they can read and write in Mai-Mai.