Barawa Barawy Baraawe ﺑَﺮَﺍﻭَة Barāwa
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Where did Barawa people come from?
Origins. As their name suggests, the Bravanese hail from Brava (Barawa), a port town on the southeastern coast of Somalia. Barawa is the most diverse place in Somalia. The people of this Banadir coast have been mixing with people from all around the world for hundreds of years.
Who Colonised Barawa?
Eventually, in 1908, Barawa came under the Italian protectorate and was then incoperated into Italian Somaliland in 1910 after the death of the last Sultan Osman Ahmed. But the Italians faced stiff resistance from many parts of the Banadir coast.
What language is Barawa?
Bravanese
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What language do Barawa speak?
The broader Barawa District has a total population of 57,652 residents. The town's traditional inhabitants are the Tunni clan of the Somali people as well as the Bravanese. In addition to Standard Somali, the Tunni speak Af-Tunni (another Afro-Asiatic language) and the Bravanese speak Chimwiini (a dialect of Swahili).