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Many Somalis in Yemen now speak Arabic instead of their native Somali language due to language shift. [7] But also due to the fact that there are no Somali teachers in the refugee camps or enough budget to allocate funds to teach the Somali language. [8] Many Somalis have returned back to their homeland deeming its safe enough to return.
The Somali language is spoken in Somali inhabited areas of Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Yemen and by members of the Somali diaspora. It is also spoken as an adoptive language by a few ethnic minority groups and individuals in Somali majority regions.
Yemen in turn unconditionally opened its borders to Somali nationals following the outbreak of the civil war in Somalia in the early 1990s. [7]Over the ensuing interim period, the Yemeni authorities maintained relations with Somalia's newly established Transitional National Government and its successor the Transitional Federal Government.
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.
The Jabarti are the biggest clan in terms of population and land size in Somalia and a large minority in Yemen, Oman, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Kenya. Most Jabarti concentrated cities include Asmara , Addis Ababa , Kismayo , Badhan , Garowe , Lasanod , Garbaharrey , Jigjiga , Bosaso , Bardera , Buraan , Garissa , Daleti and Salalah .
A boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Yemen, killing at least 49 people and leaving another 140 missing, the U.N. agency said Tuesday. The boat was carrying about 260 Somalis and ...
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 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]