“Somalis Do Not Use Proverbs to Lie”: Dr. Georgi Kapchits in the Horn Newspaper

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000

On 14 July 2012, at the 5th Hargeisa Book Fair, Dr. Georgi Kapchits presented his new Somali-language book Soomaalidu Been ma Maahmaahdo (“Somalis do not use proverbs to lie”). The following day the Horn newspaper published an interview with him, together with a report by Yusuf M Hasan.

At the Book Fair

The Somali language, with over 100,000 proverbs, is among the richest languages in the world. This was said by Dr. Georgi Kapchits during the interview in Hargeisa, where he also disclosed that the lengthy studies he has undertaken reveal that the Somali language has no proverbs for lies.

The WardheerNews Interview (2006): Selected Passages

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

On 25 January 2006 the website WardheerNews.com published a long interview with Dr. Georgi Kapchits, conducted in Somali by Isamail A. Hassan (“Khaliil”). Dr. Kapchits was staying in Berlin at the time, working on his dictionary of Somali proverbs. The interview was picked up by other Somali websites and became one of the most widely read pieces WardheerNews published that year.

The full Somali original is reproduced here: Wareysigii ay mareegtada WardheerNews la yeelatay Dr. Georgi Kapchits.

Interviews on Kapchits.Online

“Somalis Do Not Use Proverbs to Lie”: Dr. Georgi Kapchits in the Horn Newspaper

At the Book Fair

The WardheerNews Interview (2006): Selected Passages