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| Somali | |
|---|---|
| Af Soomaali,[1] Soomaali[2] 𐒖𐒍 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘, 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘 اف صومالي, صومالي, | |
| Region | Horn of Africa |
| Ethnicity | Somalis |
Native speakers
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21,807,730 (2019)[3] |
| Somali Latin alphabet (Latin script; official) Wadaad writing (Arabic script) Osmanya alphabet Borama alphabet Kaddare alphabet | |
| Official status | |
Official language in
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 Somalia Somaliland Djibouti  Ethiopia
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Recognised minority
language in |
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| Regulated by | Regional Somali Language Academy |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | so
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| ISO 639-2 | som
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| ISO 639-3 | som
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| Glottolog | soma1255
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| Linguasphere | 14-GAG-a
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 Primary Somali Sprachraum
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Somali /səˈmɑːli, soʊ-/[4] (Latin script: Af-Soomaali; Wadaad: اَف صومالي ; Osmanya: 意 意 ːmɑ́ːlì]) bụ asụsụ Afroasiatic nke sitere na alaka Cushitic.[4] Ọ na-asụ ya dị ka asụsụ nne site na ndị Somalis di na Greater Somalia na ndị Somali diaspora. Somali bụ asụsụ gọọmentị na Somalia, Somaliland ya na Ethiopia, yana asụsụ mba na Djibouti nakwa n'ebe ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ Kenya.[5] A na-eji mkpụrụ akwụkwọ Latin dee asụsụ Somali n'ụzọ iwu kwadoro ọ bụ ezie na a na-eji akwụkwọ Arabic na ọtụtụ mkpụrụedemede Somali dị ka Osmanya na mkpụrụedemede Borama eme ihe n'ụzọ na-enweghị isi.[6][7]
- ↑ "Somali alphabets, pronunciation and language". Omniglot. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ↑ "cldr/so.xml at master · unicode-org/cldr".
- ↑ Somali. SIL International (2021).
- ↑ Somali. Collins Dictionary. Retrieved on 21 September 2013.
- ↑ AfricaNews (2020-03-04). One to five: Ethiopia gets four new federal working languages. Africanews. Archived from the original on 2020-10-28. Retrieved on 2021-11-11.
- ↑ Lewis (1999). A Pastoral Democracy: A Study of Pastoralism and Politics Among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa. LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN 3825830845.
- ↑ Lewis, I.M. (1958), The Gadabuursi Somali Script, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 21, pp. 134–156.