Ashraf ( Somali </link> ) magana ce iri-iri na rashin tabbas a cikin harshen Omo-Tana ta Gabas da aka samu a gundumar Marka ta yankin Shebelle ta ƙasa da yankin Banaadir na kudancin Somaliya .
A cewar Blench (2006) akwai ƙananan yare guda biyu: Shingani da Lower Shebelle . [2] Kamar yadda aka lura a cikin aikin da aka yi kwanan nan game da nau'ikan magana, Green & Jones (2016) [3]:
"Abin da muke fatan ya kwatanta a cikin wannan magana shi ne cewa yayin da Marka (Af Ashraaf) na iya zama kama da wasu hanyoyi ga Arewacin Somaliya da Maay, duk da haka yana alfahari da wasu kaddarorin na musamman, musamman a cikin yanayin sa, cewa mun yi imanin ya cancanci bi da shi ba a matsayin Somali ko yaren Maay ba, amma a matsayin yare iri-iri na kansa. "
Irin wannan matakin na shakka game da lakabin wasu harsunan Omo-Tana a Somaliya (kamar Maay, Dabarre, Jiddu ) an bayyana shi a cikin Tosco (2012):
Misali na Tosco don rarraba Omo-Tana, yana amincewa da yanayin zamantakewar harsuna na yarukan Cushitic a Somaliya da ake kira "harsuna" na Somaliya da kuma ainihin rarraba su a matsayin harsuna ban da Somaliya
"An san cewa kalmar 'harshe' na iya nufin 'abubuwa' daban-daban. A cikin Somaliya, yana da aminci a ce duk yarukan Somaliya 'harshe ne' daga ra'ayi na zamantakewa da harshe, wato, dangane da rawar da suke takawa a cikin kafofin watsa labarai, da kuma karɓar masu magana na Arewa-Tsakiyar Somaliya a matsayin matsakaici na yau da kullun. Duk da haka, ya kamata a tantance fahimtar juna kuma yarukan da haka (kamar yadda harshe ba zai iya fahimta ba).
↑Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Af-Ashraaf". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Christopher R. Green da Evan Jones. 2019. Bayani game da yanayin Marka (AfAshraaf). A cikin Emily Clem, Peter Jenks & Hannah Sande (ed.), Ka'ida da bayanin a cikin ilimin harshe na Afirka: Zaɓaɓɓun takardu daga Taron Shekara na 47 kan ilimin harshe ta Afirka, 119-133. Berlin: Harshe Kimiyya Press. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3367132
Ajello, Roberto. 1984. Ya mayar da hankali ga yaren Ashraaf di Shingaani. A cikin Puglielli, Annarita (ed.), Aspetti morfologici, lessicali e della focalizzazione, 133-146. Roma: Dipartimento ta hanyar Cooperazione allo Sviluppo, Ministero degli Affari Esteri (Italiya).
