Talk:Shanqella

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[edit] Move

I moved this page without discussion, because Shanqella is by far the more used name, especially for modern times. It must be noted that it is considered derogatory today, however. — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 20:08, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Hmmm...googling I get many more for Shangalla actually, though a decent amount (not comparable, however) are for "shankella." The spelling in Amharic is with a "q" (ejective "k"), however, and I'm pretty certain that the "g" spelling is a relic of the past, like Ibo vs. Igbo. — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 20:11, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

However, the form "Shangella" shows up enough times in various books that this spelling should be mentioned in the article, so I have added it. -- llywrch 22:21, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Delete this article

I think this article contains more mis-information than useful information. I would vote to remove it. It perpetuates wrong concepts in several areas. At most, we could leave a very brief article explaining that "Shankilla", "Shanqilla", "Shanqella", etc. are all terms that simply refer to darker-skinned groups of Ethiopia, the term is not specific to any one group and is not useful for referring to any group of people today.Pete unseth (talk) 00:52, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

I second that. At least the article should be drastically shorter, stripped of all useless information which reflects the point of view of the early 20th century. In fact, I will do that right now. If you think that I overstep the line, please just revert my edit, but let me know why you would want to include this information. Landroving Linguist (talk) 13:26, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:16, 18 February 2008 (UTC)