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Ethnic Somali people (13 C, 262 P) Somali Bantu (5 P) Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Somalia" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
The Somali language is spoken by ethnic Somalis in Greater Somalia and the Somali diaspora. Somali language books on display. Somali dialects are divided into three main groups: Northern, Benadiri, and Maay. Northern Somali (or Northern-Central Somali) forms the basis for Standard Somali.
Somali is the official language of Somalia. It is the mother tongue of Somalis, the nation's most populous ethnic group. [26] The language is a member of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic family. [27] In addition to Somali, Arabic, which is also an Afroasiatic tongue, [28] is another official language in Somalia.
Pages in category "Ethnic Somali people" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 262 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Within traditional Somali society (as in other ethnic groups of the Horn of Africa and the wider region), there has been social stratification. [42] [43] [44] According to the historian Donald Levine, these comprised high-ranking clans, low-ranking clans, caste groups, and slaves. [45]
Somali Americans are Americans of Somali ancestry. The first ethnic Somalis to arrive in the U.S. were sailors who came in the 1920s from British Somaliland.They were followed by students pursuing higher studies in the 1960s and 1970s, by the late 1970s through the late 1980s and early 1990s more Somalis arrived.
The Somali diaspora or Qurbajoogta refers to Somalis who were born in Greater Somalia and reside in areas of the world that they were not born in. The civil war in Somalia greatly increased the size of the Somali diaspora, as many Somalis moved from Greater Somalia primarily to Europe, North America, Oceania and South Africa.
Ethnic groups in Somalia (5 C, 26 P) Expatriates in Somalia (17 C, 1 P) I. Immigrants to Somalia (1 C, 1 P) Immigration to Somalia (2 P) S. Demographics of Somaliland ...