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==Facts about Somali == | ==Facts about Somali == | ||
*'''Language code (ISO 639-3)''': <code>som</code> | *'''Language code (ISO 639-3)''': <code>som</code> | ||
*'''Autonyms''' (''how to write "Somali" in Somali''): <code>Af-Soomaali / ุงูู ุตููู
ุงูู / ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐</code> | |||
*'''Other names for "Somali"''': <code>Common Somali, Standard Somali, Af-Maxaad Tiri, Soomaaliga</code> | |||
*'''The Somali language is spoken in''': <code>Somalia</code> | |||
Somali is an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch. It is spoken as a mother tongue by Somalis in Greater Somalia and the Somali diaspora. Somali is an official language of Somalia and Somaliland, a national language in Djibouti, and a working language in the Somali Region of Ethiopia and also in North Eastern Kenya. The Somali language is written officially with the Latin alphabet although the Arabic alphabet and several Somali scripts like Osmanya and the Borama script are informally used. | |||
===Sources=== | |||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_language | |||
==Somali Dictionaries== | |||
<span class="jb">โข</span> [http://hooyo.web.free.fr/F_dico_02.html Somali]-French dictionary & [http://hooyo.web.free.fr/F_dico_01.html French]-Somali dictionary | |||
<span class="jb">โข</span> [https://archive.org/details/SomaliPhrasebook?view=theater English-Somali phrasebook] by topics (2000) | |||
<span class="jb">โข</span> [https://fieldsupport.dliflc.edu/index.aspx Defense language institute]: [https://fieldsupport.dliflc.edu/products/somali/sm_bc_LSK/default.html basic vocabulary] <span class="k">(+ audio)</span> - [https://fieldsupport.dliflc.edu/products/somali/sm_ca_LSK/default.html public affairs] - [https://fieldsupport.dliflc.edu/products/somali/sm_md_LSK/default.html medical] | |||
<span class="jb">โข</span> [https://archive.org/details/cu31924026888820?view=theater Somali-English dictionary] by รvangรฉliste de Larajasse (1897) | |||
<span class="jb">โข</span> [https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/bildhaan/vol19/iss1/8/ A comparative review of some Tigrinya and Somali proverbs] by Filip Busau, in ''Bildhaan, an international journal of Somali studies'' (2019) | |||
===Sources== | |||
https://www.lexilogos.com/english/somali_dictionary.htm | |||
==Free Somali Lessons== | ==Free Somali Lessons== | ||
Revision as of 13:16, 12 September 2021
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Facts about Somali
- Language code (ISO 639-3):
som - Autonyms (how to write "Somali" in Somali):
Af-Soomaali / ุงูู ุตููู ุงูู / ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ - Other names for "Somali":
Common Somali, Standard Somali, Af-Maxaad Tiri, Soomaaliga - The Somali language is spoken in:
Somalia
Somali is an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch. It is spoken as a mother tongue by Somalis in Greater Somalia and the Somali diaspora. Somali is an official language of Somalia and Somaliland, a national language in Djibouti, and a working language in the Somali Region of Ethiopia and also in North Eastern Kenya. The Somali language is written officially with the Latin alphabet although the Arabic alphabet and several Somali scripts like Osmanya and the Borama script are informally used.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_language
Somali Dictionaries
โข Somali-French dictionary & French-Somali dictionary
โข English-Somali phrasebook by topics (2000)
โข Defense language institute: basic vocabulary (+ audio) - public affairs - medical
โข Somali-English dictionary by รvangรฉliste de Larajasse (1897)
โข A comparative review of some Tigrinya and Somali proverbs by Filip Busau, in Bildhaan, an international journal of Somali studies (2019)
=Sources
https://www.lexilogos.com/english/somali_dictionary.htm