Language/Somali
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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