Language/Somali

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Facts about Somali

• Language code (ISO 639-3): som
• Autonyms (how to write "Somali" in Somali): Af-Soomaali / اَف صَومالي / 𐒖𐒍 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘
• 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

• Somali-French dictionary & French-Somali dictionary

• English-Somali phrasebook by topics (2000)

• Defense language institute: basic vocabulary (+ audio) - public affairs - medical

• Somali-English dictionary by Évangéliste de Larajasse (1897)

• 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

• Grammar Lessons

• Vocabulary Lessons

• Pronunciation Lessons

• Culture Lessons

Language Exchange

• Find members TEACHING Somali

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Forum

• SHARE ideas about Somali

• Ask a QUESTION about Somali

Tools

• Have your text CORRECTED in Somali

• VIDEOS to learn Somali

Marketplace

• Buy or Sell SERVICES related to Somali