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The Somali language is the official language of Somalia. It is a member of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family, and its nearest relatives are the Afar and saho languages. Somali is the best documented of the Cushitic languages, [ 23 ] with academic studies of it dating from before 1900.
Somali woman shows traditional incense during an event to showcase traditional Somali culture Somali woman building a Somali aqal or buul The culture of Somalia is an amalgamation of traditions developed independently and through interaction with neighbouring and far away civilizations, such as other parts of Northeast Africa , the Arabian ...
Somali belongs to a set of languages called Lowland Eastern Cushitic spoken by peoples living in Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, and Kenya. Eastern Cushitic is one section of the Cushitic language family, which in turn is part of the great Afro-Asiatic stock. Arabic is the most spoken language of the Afro-Asiatic language branches.
Somali is the official language of Somalia while Arabic is a Second Language per the constitution. [227] The Somali language is the mother tongue of the Somali people, the nation's most populous ethnic group. [1] It is a member of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family, and its nearest relatives are the Oromo, Afar and Saho ...
Somali architecture; Somali aristocratic and court titles; Somali art; Somali calendar; Somali cuisine; Somali Faces; Somali languages; Somali literature; Maritime history of Somalia; Somali mythology; Somali name; Somali nationalism; Somali studies; Somali units of measurement; Flag of Somalia
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, a Cushitic language; Somali culture; Somali cuisine; Proto-Somali, the ancestors of modern Somalis; Somali, plural of Somalo, former Somali currency; Somali Plate, a tectonic plate which covers the eastern part of Africa; Somalia, a country in the Horn of Africa; Somaliland, an unrecognised state in the Horn of Africa ...
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 ]