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Somali is an official language in both Somalia and Ethiopia, [7] and serves as a national language in Djibouti, it is also a recognised minority language in Kenya. The Somali language is officially written with the Latin alphabet although the Arabic script and several Somali scripts like Osmanya, Kaddare and the Borama script are informally ...
The Somali languages form a group that are part of the Afro-Asiatic language family. They are spoken as a mother tongue by ethnic Somalis in Horn of Africa and the Somali diaspora . Even with linguistic differences, Somalis collectively view themselves as speaking dialects of a common language.
Somali is the official language of Somalia and as the mother tongue of the Somali people, is also its endoglossic language. [3] [4] [5] It is a member of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family, and its nearest relatives are the Afar and Saho languages. [6]
Maay is not mutually comprehensible with Northern Somali or Benadir, and it differs considerably in sentence structure and phonology. [5] It is also not generally used in education or media. However, Maay speakers often use Standard Somali as a lingua franca . [ 4 ]
A number of writing systems have been used over the years for transcribing the Somali language. Of these, the Somali Latin alphabet is the most widely used, and has been the official writing script in Somalia since the government of former President of Somalia Mohamed Siad Barre formally introduced it in October 1972. [175]
Dabarre (also known as Af-Dabarre) is a Somali language spoken by the Dabarre and Ciroole, both sub-clans of the Digil clan family of Somalis inhabiting southwestern Somalia. It has an estimated 34,000 speakers. Dialects include Dabarre and Iroole (Af-Iroole). [1]
Somali-language mass media (3 C, 2 P) Somali-language radio stations (10 P) Somali-language surnames (8 P) Somali-language writers (1 C, 16 P) Somalian literature (4 ...
Garre (also known as Af-Garre) is a Somali language spoken by the Garre who reside in southern Somalia, Ethiopia and northern Kenya. It belongs to the family's Cushitic branch, and had an estimated 50,000 speakers in Somalia in 1992, 57,500 in 2006 and 86,000 in 2020. [1] The total number of speakers in Kenya and Somalia was estimated at ...