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Somali is the official language of Somalia and as the mother tongue of the Somali people, is also its endoglossic language. [3] [4] [5] It is a member of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family, and its nearest relatives are the Afar and Saho languages. [6]
The Somali languages form a group that are part of the Afro-Asiatic language family. They are spoken as a mother tongue by ethnic Somalis in Horn of Africa and the Somali diaspora . Even with linguistic differences, Somalis collectively view themselves as speaking dialects of a common language.
Somali is an official language in both Somalia and Ethiopia, [7] and serves as a national language in Djibouti, it is also a recognised minority language in Kenya. The Somali language is officially written with the Latin alphabet although the Arabic script and several Somali scripts like Osmanya, Kaddare and the Borama script are informally ...
Somali language (9 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Languages of Somalia" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Somali belongs to a set of languages called Lowland East Cushitic spoken by Somalis living in Somalia, Djibouti, and in adjacent territories. Eastern Cushitic is one branch of the Cushitic languages, which in turn are part of the great Afro-Asiatic stock. Arabic is the most widely spoken language of the Afro-Asiatic language family. [citation ...
States/territories where Arabic is an official language No. State/Territory Population Notes Member state of the Arab League 1 Somaliland a 5,700,000: Co-official language, along with Somali and English
Mai-Mai, commonly spelled Maay Maay (also known as Af-Maay, Af-Maymay, or simply Maay; the Mai-Mai spelling is rarely used but it is most often spoken), is one of the Somali languages. It is mainly spoken in Somalia and adjacent parts of Ethiopia and Kenya. In Somalia, it is spoken in South West state, Jubaland state, and Banadir.
Somali-language mass media (3 C, 2 P) Somali-language radio stations (10 P) Somali-language surnames (8 P) Somali-language writers (1 C, 16 P) Somalian literature (4 ...